UNRAVELLING THE GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF A FAMILY

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HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY OF BRASSICACEAE

UNRAVELLING THE GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF A FAMILY

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Sara van de Kerke

Registration number: 881211 428110

Email: [email protected]

MSc thesis Biodiversity and Evolution - BIS-80436

Supervisors: Setareh Mohammadin and Freek T. Bakker

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SUMMARY Biogeography is the study of the geographic distribution of taxa and their attributes in space and time.

There are three main processes that together are considered to pattern the distribution of taxa: dispersal,

vicariance and extinction. Over the years, three quite distinct schools have developed within historical

biogeography, which all comprehend a number of methodological directions: pattern-based, event-based,

and model-based methods.

The Brassicaceae is one of the largest plant families and is considered to comprise around 3660 species

distributed over 320 genera. The family was thought to have originated in the New World based on the

distribution of either the ‘basal’ placed tribe Theylopodieae and later the Hesperideae. An Old World

origin, based on the genus Aetheionema now considered to be sister to all other Brassicaceae, is now

proposed. It is assumed that the origin can be found were at the moment the largest diversity in species

is, which would be the Iranoturanian region. In this project, this assumption is investigated.

The most recent phylogenetic tree covering the whole family from Couvreur et al. is based on ITS, chs,

adh, matK, trnL-F, ndhF, rbcL and nad4(Couvreur et al., 2010). This phylogenetic tree is updated with all

available data from GenBank and alignent with two setting in the alignment program MAFFT. RAxML

Maximum Likelyhood, TNT parsimony and Neighbour Network analyses were run.

GBIF distribution data on genus level was used to define areas of endemism which were assigned to all

terminals in the phylogenetic tree.

A Bayesian-DIVA analysis based on 200 TNT phylogenetic trees gave the result that a combination of the

regions ‘Iberian Peninsula & North Western Africa’, ‘Central Mediterranean & Southern Balkan’, ‘Western

and Central Anatolia & Levantine coast’, and ‘Caucasus, Eastern Anatolia & Iranian mountain ranges’

forms the ancestral range of all Brassicaceae.

Based on the results of the Bayesian-DIVA analysis, the conclusion can be drawn that the Iranoturanian

region is indeed part of the area of origin of the Brassicaceae. However, there are some issues with the

underlying alignment wich make both the phylogenetic inference and the historical biogeographical

analysis unreliable.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1

2. Material and Methods ............................................................................................................................. 5

2.1 Phylogenetic Analysis ............................................................................................................................ 5

2.2 Geographical Distribution ...................................................................................................................... 8

2.3 Biogeographical Analyses ............................................................................................................. 10

3. Results.................................................................................................................................................... 11

3.1 Phylogenetic Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 11

3.2 Geographical Distribution .................................................................................................................... 15

3.3 Biogeographical Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 16

4. Discussion and Conclusion ..................................................................................................................... 17

4.1 Phylogenetic Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 17

4.2 Geographical Distribution .................................................................................................................... 19

4.3 Biogeographical Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 20

4.4 General comments .............................................................................................................................. 22

Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................... 23

References ..................................................................................................................................................... 24

Appendix A. Overview of GenBank Accessions ............................................................................................. 28

Appendix B. Exemplary script used in MrBayes ............................................................................................ 57

Appendix C. Phylogenetic Trees .................................................................................................................... 58

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1. INTRODUCTION

HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY

Biogeography is the study of the geographic distribution of taxa and their attributes in space and time

(Morrone, 2010). Biogeographers track the distribution of a (group of species) throughout history (Ree &

Smith, 2008). One of the best known examples is the reconstruction of the radiation of humans over the

earth (Harcourt, 2012).

In biogeography, three rather different sciences meet; biology, geology and geography (Cox & Moore,

2010; Morrone, 2010). This makes it a quite varied field, which perhaps is why there are so many different

approaches and theories developed in the two centuries of research in this field (Morrone, 2009).

Morrone lists an exemplary 23 of these approaches for biogeography in general, but concludes that all are

part of one of only two disciplines: ecological and historical biogeography (Morrone, 2009).

Ecological biogeography was started by Linnaeus, who attempted to describe all then known animals and

plants and recorded the required environmental conditions. This type of biogeography focuses on the

biotic and abiotic interactions of a species on a short time span.

After Darwin introduced the theory of evolution, it was accepted that the distribution of species can

change over time according to their ecological requirements (Morrone, 2009). These patterns of

distribution of species (or higher taxonomic levels) on much larger timescales is the focus of historical

biogeography (Morrone, 2009).

There are three main processes that together are considered to pattern the distribution of taxa: dispersal,

vicariance and extinction (Figure 1, Morrone 2010).

In dispersal, a species moves from its current

area of distribution to another area, usually

over a barrier. In this newly colonised area, it

develops into another species. This concept is

not to be confused with dispersion, which is the

movement of a species within its original area of

distribution (Cox & Moore, 2010; Crisci, 2001;

Morrone, 2009).

With vicariance the original species does not

move over a barrier, but one appears splitting

the area of distribution and causing speciation

(Cox & Moore, 2010; Morrone, 2009).

In extinction, part of the ancestral population

falls away, causing it to be split up. Separated

sub-populations can remain, which results in

speciation (Crisci, 2001; Morrone, 2009).

FIGURE 1. THE THREE BIOGEOGRAPHICAL PROCESSES: DISPERSAL,

VICARIANCE AND EXTINCTION (AFTER MORRONE, 2010).

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The analytical appraoch to biogeography really developed since the acceptance of continental drift in the

1960’s. There were quite heated discussions how the above mentioned processes should be implemented

in an analytical method and which was the best (Bremer, 1992, 1995; Brooks, 1990; Ronquist, 1994, 1995,

1997; Wiley, 1988). All methods that have been developed are in some way based on the three processes,

but differ in how these are treated in the analyses, and in the assumptions concerning patterns and

processes of change in geographical distributions.

Over the years, two quite distinct schools of methods have developed within historical biogeography,

which both comprehend a number of methodological directions: pattern-based and event-based methods

(Ronquist & Sanmartín, 2011). Pattern-based methods ‘establish connections between distributional

patterns and evolutionary processes after the primary analytical results have been obtained (Ronquist &

Sanmartín, 2011). A major field in the

pattern-based school is cladistic

biogeography. An important part of

cladistic biogeography is the

constructing of area cladograms based

on procedures called Assumption 0, 1,

and 2 (Error! Reference source not

found.). In this Figure, the assigned

areas for the examplary cladogram on

top are explained. Under Assumption

0, when a taxon occurs in more than

one area, they are considered to be a

monophyletic group. In contrast,

under Assumption 1, they can either

be mono- or paraphyletic. Last, under

Assumption 2, the areas can mono-,

para- or polyphyletic (Crisci, Katinas, &

Posadas, 2003).

One of the best known pattern-based

methods is Brooks Parsimony Analysis

(BPA, Wiley, 1987). This method is

primarily based on Assumption 0 and

constists of two analytical steps:

primary and secondary BPA. In primary BPA, an area versus cladogram matrix is formed (Figure 3, left). In

the cladogram, all terminals and all nodes are given a letter A through G. Then, for each of the areas 1, 2,

3, and 4, the letters (terminals and nodes) are scored they pass when traced back to the base of the

cladogram. Area 1, for example, occurs on terminal A and only passes additional node G underway to the

root. Area 4 occurs on terminal D and passes nodes E, F, and G, which are thus scored in the matrix. In

imaginary outgroup area is defined, for wich all terminals and nodes are scored zero (absent). In

secondary BPA, areas that may cause problems in the analysis (for example in the case of extinction,

which would mean a loss of the area, or duplication, where multiple terminals are present in the same

area), are split up and scored over the separate scenario’s individually (Figure 3, right).

FIGURE 2. AREA CLADOGRAM WITH A WIDESPREAD TAXON IN AREAS 1 AND 2,

AND DERIVATION IN RESOLVED AREA CLADOGRAMS UNDER ASSUMPTIONS 0, 1,

AND 2 (AFTER CRISCI, KATINAS, & POSADAS, 2003)

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FIGURE 3. (LEFT) AREA VS CLADOGRAM MATRIX WITH COMPLETE DATA AND NO AMBIGUITY ('OUTGROUP' IS NOT SHOWN). (RIGHT)

(AFTER CRISCI ET AL., 2003).

Event-based methods on the other hand are based on a cost matrix where each of the vicariance,

dispersal and extinction processes is assigned a certain cost. These three processes are then inferred over

a phylogenetic tree. This type of methods is based on parsimony, thus the least costly outcome (the most

parsimonious) is the final result (Cox & Moore, 2010; Morrone, 2009; Ronquist & Sanmartín, 2011;

Sanmartín, 2006).

One of the best known event-based method is Dispersal-Vicariance Analysis (DIVA), developed by

Ronquist (Ronquist, 1997). DIVA came as an answer to cladistic biogeography, to which Brooks parsimony

belongs (Bremer, 1992, 1995; Ronquist, 1994, 1997). DIVA ‘reconstructs ancestral distributions from one

given phylogenetic hypothesis, without assuming a particular process a priori’ (Morrone, 2009). Vicariance

is favoured over dispersal and extinction, which are subsequened considered to be more costly in the

parsimony analsis (Cox & Moore, 2010; Morrone, 2009; Yu, Harris, & He, 2010b).

In recent years, with the coming of model based phylogenetic inference, also model-based historical

biogeographic methods (both Bayesian inference and Maximum Likelyhood based) have been developed.

With these methods, it is now possible to have an statistical based indication for the chance of a particular

area occurring on a particular node in the phylogenetic tree.

Examples of model-based methods are S-DIVA and Bayesian DIVA. These are developed in response to

some troubles encountered with the original DIVA. DIVA can only handle phylogenetic trees that are

completely resolved and it is assumed that the tree topology is known without error. In addition, there is

uncertainty with the ancestral area optimisation because the analysis often results in a number of optimal

distributions which are similarly parsimonious (Ali, Yu, Pfosser, & Wetschnig, 2012; Nylander, Olsson,

Alström, & Sanmartín, 2008).

Therefore, two new programs have been developed that take care of these uncertainties. These are

Bayesian-DIVA (Nylander et al. 2008) and Statistical-DIVA (S-DIVA, Yu, Harris, and He 2010a). In Bayes-

DIVA, a number of Bayesian inferences are optimised before a DIVA analysis is run. In S-DIVA, the S-DIVA

value, which combines the phylogenetic and geographical uncertainties, gives statistical support to the

result of the analysis (Yu et al., 2010b). Also, for each node the frequency an ancestral range occurs over

all reconstructions are averaged (Ojeda, Novillo, Ojeda, & Roig-Juñent, 2013).

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BRASSICACEAE

The Brassicaceae is one of the largest plant families and is considered to comprise around 3660 species

distributed over 320 genera (Al-Shehbaz, 2012; Koch, Karl, German, & Al-Shehbaz, 2012). It is also an

important plant family containing crop species, weeds and model organisms (Beilstein, Nagalingum,

Clements, Manchester, & Mathews, 2010; Couvreur et al., 2010; Koch & Marhold, 2012) which makes it

interesting to research the origin of the family.

From as early as the beginning of the 20th century, the origin of the Brassicaceae has been inferred. In the

first theory from these early days, the family was thought to have originated in the New World based on

the distribution of either the basal placement of the tribe Theylopodieae and later the Hesperideae. With

the coming of molecular studies this view shifted and an Old World origin, based on the genus

Aetheionema now considered to be sister to all other Brassicaceae, is proposed (Al-Shehbaz, Beilstein, &

Kellogg, 2006; Franzke, Lysak, Al-Shehbaz, Koch, & Mummenhoff, 2011; Hauser & Crovello, 1982; Koch,

Al-Shehbaz, & Mummenhoff, 2003).

In recent years the phylogeny of the Brassicaceae has thoroughly been revised with the help of DNA-

based research (Bailey et al., 2006; Beilstein et al., 2010; Couvreur et al., 2010; Warwick, Mummenhoff,

Sauder, Koch, & Al-Shehbaz, 2010). The most recent phylogenetic tree covering the whole family is from

Couvreur et al. (2010). This inference is based on ITS, chs, adh, matK, trnL-F, ndhF, rbcL and nad4. All

genomes (nuclear, chloroplast and mitochondrial) are thus covered. Currently, phylogenetic trees are

inferred not for the family as a whole but on the tribal level (Jordon-Thaden, Al-Shehbaz, & Koch, 2013;

Karl & Koch, 2013). This approach is chosen because the relationships on this level are not yet adequately

resolved causing a considerable amount of phylogenetic uncertainty resulting in a lowly supported

backbone (Koch, 2013).

At the moment, a number of overarching lineages is recognised within the Brassicaceae (Couvreur et al.,

2010; Koch & German, 2013). These major lineages (Lineage I, Lineage II, Extended Lineage II, and Lineage

III) each consists of a number of tribes and together are considered to compose the structure for the

entire family (Franzke et al., 2011).

Unfortunately, as researchers agree, the Brassicaceae fossil record is rather poor (Franzke, German, Al-

Shehbaz, & Mummenhoff, 2009; Franzke et al., 2011). There are fossilised pollen from the early Middle

Miocene, Upper Miocene and Latest Cretaceous available, though the last one is doubtful. Also, there is a

fossil fruit from the Oligocene, but it remains unclear whether it actually belongs to the family (Franzke et

al., 2011).

A lot of historical biogeographical research is being done in recent years. In almost every phylogenetic

study, the ancestral areas are inferred alongside the ages of clades.

In this thesis, we chose to perform a historical biogeographical analysis on the entire Brassicaceae

because Schranz et al. (2012) proposed the hypothesis that the origin of a family as vastly radiated as the

Brassicaceae can be found there were at the moment the largest diversity is (Schranz et al. 2012). In case

of the Brassicaceae that would coincide with the area of diversity of the genus Aethionema (Schranz,

Mohammadin, & Edger, 2012).

Based on the previous, the following question with associated hypothesis is posed:

Where lies the centre of origin of the Brassicaceae?

● The origin can be found were at the moment the largest diversity in species is –

Iranoturanian region (Al-Shehbaz et al., 2006)

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2. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this chapter, I give an overview of the methods I used to carry out a historical biogeographical analysis.

First, I will explain how I performed the phylogenetic inference, next how I came to the geographical

distribution, and last a description of the biogeographical analysis itself. Since this is a MSc thesis project

with a lot of trial and error, not all methods I tried were used in the final analysis. These steps are

clustered under the heading ‘Additional Methods’.

2.1 PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS

First, the sequence data of Couvreur et al. (2010) was requested for the phylogenetic inference. This data

set was chosen as a starting point because it is the most recent and most complete genus level study to

this point. This study includes the nuclear genes ITS, chs and adh, the chloroplast genes ndhF, rbcL, matK,

the trnL intron and trnLF spacer and the mitochondrial gene nad4. The alignment from Couvreur et al.

(2010) was kindly provided by Dr. Couvreur.

To make the taxonomic coverage of this Brassicaceae dataset at the genus level as complete as possible,

relevant sequences were sought in GenBank. This included sequences of the above named genes from

genera that had not yet been developed, as well as sequences of new genera. In addition, sequences from

relevant outgroups from the Cleomaceae, Capparidaceae and genera from other families within the

Brassicales were added.

The gathered sequence data are thus species-level data, and it is here assumed that the separate

sequences for each species over the eight genes are of one and the same individual. These separate

sequences are thus combined to form one concatenated sequence for that one species.

No additional sequences were generated since it is not the intention of this project to update the most

recent phylogenetic tree of Couvreur et al. (2010). It is merely used as a starting point for this project.

The sequence data for each gene was gathered in Mesquite (Maddison & Maddison, 2010) and Geneious

(Drummond et al., 2011) was used to put these in a rough phylogenetic order with the help of Robin van

Velzen. This was done by loading the gene alignments in Geneious, letting it form a ‘quick and dirty’

phylogenetic tree, and having it order the alignment to match that order. These gene-sets were then

aligned using the auto and G-INS-i settings of MAFFT online (http://mafft.cbrc.jp/alignment/software/),

giving a total of 16 gene alignments. I refrained from manual adjustments because I wanted to keep the

alignment objective and not subjected to subjective interpretation.

Then, the separate alignments were assembled with SequenceMatrix (Vaidya, 2011) into a matrix for

these two MAFFT options separately.

Also, because the taxonomic sampling (number of taxa per gene-set) differs quite substantially (from 6%

for adh to 82% for ITS, Appendix B), additional phylogenetic analyses including only those genes with a

completeness of more than 30% was carried out. These are nad4, ITS, ndhF and trnLF. Table 1 gives an

overview of all the matrices formed by the alignment – covering options.

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TABLE 1. OVERVIEW OF MATRICES, THE GENES THESE CONSIST OF, AND THE ALIGNMENT METHOD USED.

Genes Alignment Method MAFFT

MAFFT_4 ITS, ndhF, trnLF and nad4 Auto

MAFFT_4_slow ITS, ndhF, trnLF and nad4 Auto

MAFFT_8 ITS, chs and adh, ndhF, rbcL, matK, trnLF and nad4

G-INS-i

MAFFT_8_slow ITS, chs and adh, ndhF, rbcL, matK, trnLF and nad4

G-INS-i

A number of applications in the phylogenetic inference program TNT (Goloboff et al. 2008) was used on

these four matrices. For these analyses, the matrices were exported to TNT format from Mesquite.

A preliminary Traditional Search (500 replications) was run to get insight in the tree topology resulting

from the matrix. Then, an analysis with the Sectorial and Ratchet settings combined, using the default

settings (200 replications), was run. In a Sectorial tree search, a subset of the data is created based on

large clades from a phylogenetic inference. These clades (or subsets) are then optimised and recombined

(Goloboff, 1999). With Ratchet, a number of characters from an initial phylogenetic tree is selected and

their weight (representing the influence) is altered (Nixon, 1999).

The resulting phylogenetic trees were made suitable for further use by importing them in Mesquite

alongside their original matrix and exporting them as a Nexus tree file.

RAxML-HPC2 on XCEDE through the Cypres Science Gateway (Miller, Pfeiffer, & Schwartz, 2010;

Stamatakis, 2006) was used for Maximum Likelihood analysis for all separate genes and the four matrixes

mentioned above. For this analysis, the matrices were exported to Phyllip format from Mesquite.

SplitsTree4 (Huson & Bryant, 2005) was used to check the ambiguity of the phylogenetic information

within the matrices. I did a ‘quick and dirty’ analysis with the default Uncorrected P-value settings and an

analysis with the GTR+Gamma model. In this analysis, the Base Frequencies were set to Empirical

frequencies, meaning frequencies of the bases as actually found in the data. The Site Rate Variation was

set to Gamma, with an alpha parameter of 0.5 and proportion invariable sites on 0.5.

ADDITIONAL METHODS

I am aware that the MAFFT tool used for alignment of the matrixes does not take the phylogenetic

information into account and that this can cause biases in the subsequent analyses (Anisimova,

Cannarozzi, & Liberles, 2010; Löytynoja & Goldman, 2008). An example of an aligning program that does

use the phylogenetic history is PRANK (Löytynoja & Goldman, 2005). PRANK was used as one of the

programs for aligning of the data, but unfortunately the resulting matrix was so pulled apart that no

coherence between the characters was left. I therefore decided not to continue with these matrices in the

further analysis.

It is desirable to check how ‘well’ the matrices have been aligned after using an aligning tool as MAFFT or

PRANK. Since I wanted to refrain from any subjective interpretation of the data, I used the program

GBlocks (Talavera and Castersana 2007). GBlocks finds the poorly aligned positions in the matrix and

indicates where they should be omitted (Castresana, 2000). However, I decided not to use this method

because too many areas (that looked adequate when checked by eye) where indicated as weak and would

have to be removed from the alignment.

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A lot of phylogenetic information can be derived from indels, but how to handle them is subject to an

extensive debate (Simmons, Müller, & Norton, 2007; Simmons & Ochoterena, 2000). One can either

identify and/or interpret indels by eye, or use one of the available programs. Since I wanted to keep the

matrix as objective as possible (as with the manual aligning), I chose to use the program SeqState for this

analysis (Müller, 2005). Unfortunately it turned out that SeqState over-interpreted the information in the

matrixes and assigned substantially more indel characters than could be justified when checked by eye.

Therefore I decided not to continue with these analyses and thus did not take into account possible indel

information.

In addition to the TNT and RAxML analysis, I used Bayesian methods to infer phylogenetic trees. I used

both MrBayes 3.2.1 on XSEDE (Ronquist et al., 2012) and a local version of MrBayes for all above named

datasets as well as all sixteen separate gene alignments. Unfortunately, due to time constrains it turned

out not to be feasible to successfully carry out these analyses. In Appendix B. Exemplary script used in

MrBayesan exemplary script designed for these analyses is provided.

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2.2 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

For the historical biogeographical analysis, it is important to establish the geographic distribution of the

terminals in the phylogenetic tree as comprehensive as possible. Instead of using a species level

distribution (since the matrices consist of species level sequence data), the geographic dispersal

information of the Brassicaceae on genus level was gathered. A further explanation for this decision is

provided in the ‘Geographical Distribution’ section of the Discussion and Conclusion chapter.

To do this, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF, The Global Biodiversity Information Facility,

2013) was primarily used. On this website, amongst other things, specimen data from all online published

databases from herbaria is collected. The distribution data of all relevant genera (those that are

represented in the phylogenetic tree) was downloaded and checked the data in Google Earth (Google,

2014). Suspicious outliers were traced and removed from the dataset when necessary. As can be seen in

Appendix A (column ‘Percentage’), the percentage of records in GBIF that is geographanced per genus

was checked. When this percentage was lower than 20, place marks to unappointed places were manually

added in Google Earth based on the data available in GBIF.

With these distribution maps per genus, relevant geographic areas were formed to accurately cover the

total distribution of the entire phylogenetic tree. Hereby the example of Karl & Koch was followed, who

did the same in their Ancestral Area Reconstruction of the tribe Arabideae (Karl & Koch, 2013).

Karl and Koch based their distribution on the global ecoregion map developed by Olson et al. (Figure 4;

Olson et al., 2001). Based on geographic distribution data of a large set of plant and animal species, Olson

et al. developed a total of 867 ecoregions. They intended for these ecoregions to be used as a ‘framework

for comparisons among units

and the identification of

representative habitats and

species assemblages’ (Olson

et al., 2001). The ecoregions

thus represent the natural

boarders of the species

habitats, instead of political

boundaries (Kier et al., 2005)

and are widely used in

conservation studies

(Hoekstra, Boucher, Ricketts,

& Roberts, 2004; Olson et al.,

2001).

Using these ecoregions, the areas as proposed by Karl and Koch (Figure 5) and based on overlapping

distributions in the data of the genera gathered in Google Earth, a total of 14 geographical areas was

designed (Figure 6). These include all areas as designed by Karl and Koch, and now include Sub-Saharan

Africa and the Australia/New Zealand combination as well.

Then, each genus was assigned to at least one of these geographical areas. In the case of a widespread

genus as for example Alyssum L. it was necessary to include a number of areas to ensure the entire

distribution was taken into account.

For each of the four matrices, the appropriate areas were assigned to all taxa in Excel. These data were

then transported to four separate .CSV files; one four each matrix, making it suitable for use in RASP.

FIGURE 4. THE 867 ECOREGIONS OF OLSON ET AL. (2001).

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FIGURE 5. GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS USED BY KARL & KOCH (2013). A: NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA, B: SOUTH AMERICA, C: IBERIAN

PENINSULA & NW AFRICA, D: CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN & SOUTHERN BALKANS, E: EUROPE, F: WESTERN AND CENTRAL ANATOLIA &

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, G: CAUCASUS, EASTERN ANATOLIA & IRANIAN MOUNTAIN RANGES, H: HIGH MOUNTAINS OF THE ARABIAN

PENINSULA AND EASTERN AFRICA, I: CENTRAL ASIAN MOUNTAIN RANGES, J: EASTERN HIMALYA AND TIBET-CHINEASE MOUNTAINS, K:

EASTERN ASIA, L: SIBERIA & RUSSIAN FAR EAST.

FIGURE 6. PROPOSED GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS (AFTER KARL & KOCH 2013). A: NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA, B: SOUTH AMERICA, C:

IBERIAN PENINSULA & NW AFRICA, D: CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN & SOUTHERN BALKANS, E: EUROPE, F: WESTERN AND CENTRAL

ANATOLIA & EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, G: CAUCASUS, EASTERN ANATOLIA & IRANIAN MOUNTAIN RANGES, H: HIGH MOUNTAINS OF THE

ARABIAN PENINSULA AND EASTERN AFRICA, I: CENTRAL ASIAN MOUNTAIN RANGES, J: EASTERN HIMALYA AND TIBET-CHINEASE

MOUNTAINS, K: EASTERN ASIA, L: SIBERIA & RUSSIAN FAR EAST, M: SOUTHERN AFRICA, N: AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.

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2.3 BIOGEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSES

For each of the four matrixes described above, a historical biogeographical analysis using the Bayesian

Binary Method (BBM) implementation in RASP (Nylander et al., 2008; Yu, Harris, & He, 2012) was carried

out.

In RASP, a number of background phylogenetic trees has to be provided to form a phylogenetic range. For

this, 100 parsimonious TNT phylogenetic trees obtained in the Traditional search were used. Then, a

‘Condensed Tree’ has to be provided, for which the most parsimonious TNT phylogenetic tree obtained

with the Sectorial and Ratchet setting as described above was used. This is the starting tree on which the

phylogenetic uncertainty from the background trees is projected. Hereafter, a distribution file is imported

wherein the area ranges of all terminals are defined.

In the BMM menu, a number of settings can be chosen by the operator. For example; all settings of a

traditional Bayesian MCMC, the root distribution and maximum number of areas per node. Table 2 gives

an overview of all combinations of settings used in BBM for each matrix.

From the literature it is know that widespread species can be a possible source of bias in a biogeographic

analysis (Karl & Koch, 2013; Morrone & Crisci, 1995). I therefore pruned the results of the TNT analysis

and excluded those taxa that were assigned more than six areas. These matrices are named:

MAFFT_4_pruned, MAFFT_8_pruned, and MAFFT_8_slow_pruned. This thus gives a total of seven

matrices analysed with BBM.

TABLE 2. OVERVIEW OF COMBINATION OF SETTINGS IN RASP.

Number of generations

Chains Temperature Root distribution

Number of areas

100.000 4 0.1 Outgroup 4

Outgroup 6

Null 4

Null 6

Wide 4

Wide 6

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3. RESULTS


RAXML BOOTSTRAP

In Appendix C.1 through C.4 the results of the RAxML Bootstrap analysis are displayed. While the

backbone of all phylogenetic inferences forms a major polytomy and the overall bootstrap support is low,

Lineage I (red), Lineage II (purple), Extended Lineage II (green) and Lineage III (blue) can be observed in all

four phylogenetic trees. Table 3 gives an overview of the support values of these lineages per matrix.

Within these lineages, most clades are fairly well resolved and are fairly well supported. However, the

higher we go in the phylogenetic tree, the lower the support becomes. The clades forming Lineage II

essentially are part of one major polytomy.

A number of taxa are now retrieved in a different lineage than was the case in Couvreur et al. (2010).

These are: Biscutella didyma, Lunaria rediviva, Magadenia pygmaea, Orychophragmus violaceus, Fourraea

alpina, Hornungia petraea, Arabis drummondii, A. fendleri, A. lyalli, A. parishii, A. lignifera, Lunaria annua

(partual), and Conringia planisiliqua. Table 4 gives an overview of these taxa per matrix, the lineage they

were placed according to Couvreur et al. (2010), the lineage they are placed in the RAxML Bootstrap

analysis, and their bootstrap support.

TNT

Appendix C.6 through C.9 show the results of the TNT parsimony analysis for all four matrices. As can be

seen from the figures, the major lineages are relatively well retrieved. Only Extended Lineage II (green) is

no longer monophyletic except for the MAFFT_8_slow matrix.

Again, a number of taxa have crossed lineage boarders and are retrieved in a different lineage as is the

case with the RAxML Bootstrap analysis. These are: Orychophragmus violaceus, Biscutella didyma, Lunaria

rediviva, Magadenia pygmaea, Fourraea alpina, Enarthrocarpus clavatus, Isatis brevipes, Dontostemon

dentatus, Dontostemon glandulosus, Hornungia petraea, Arabis glabra, A. lyalii, A. parishii, A.

drummondii, A. fendleri, A. lignifera, A. pauciflora, Zuvanda crenulata, Conringia planisiliqua, Iberis

procumbens, and Sameraria armena. Table 4 gives an overview of these taxa per matrix, the lineage they

were placed according to Couvreur et al. (2010) and the lineage they are placed in the TNT parsimony

analysis.

NEIGHBOUR NETWORK

Appendix C.10 through C. 13 show the results of the Neighbour Network analysis performed in SplitsTree

under the GTR+Γ model. As can be seen from the figures, the alignments resulted in rather complicated

networks. In all cases, a large polytomy is found on one side of the network. On the other side, more

network-like behaviour can be seen. The results of the MAFFT_4 and MAFFT_8, and the MAFFT_4_slow

and MAFFT_8_slow matrices are quite comparable with each other.

Unfortunately, it was not possible to give Lineage colour indications for these results. Therefore, nothing

can be said about these Lineages in this analysis.

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TABLE 3. OVERVIEW OF LINEAGE NODE SUPPORT PER ANALYSIS. NUMBERS INDICATE BOOTSTRAP SUPPORT VALUE, + SIGN MEANS CLADE

IS PRESENT, - MEANS CLADE IS ABSENT.

Lineage I Lineage II Extended Lineage II

Lineage III

RAxML MAFFT_4 53 3 0 54

MAFFT_4_slow 14 2 1 20

MAFFT_8 7 0 0 3

MAFFT_8_slow 10 2 0 1

TNT MAFFT_4 + + - +

MAFFT_4_slow + + - +

MAFFT_8 + + - +

MAFFT_8_slow + + + +

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TABLE 4. OVERVIEW OF TAXA THAT CHANGED LINEAGES AND THEIR BOOTSTRAP SUPPORT.

Taxon Couvreur RAxML Bootstrap support value

TNT Neighbour Network

MAFFT_4 Orychophragmus violaceus II Extended II 4 Extended II

Fourraea alpina Extended II II 0 II

Biscutella didyma Extended II

Lunaria rediviva Extended II

Magadenia pygmaea Extended II

MAFFT_4_slow

Biscutella didyma Extended II 35

Lunaria rediviva Extended II 23

Magadenia pygmaea Extended II 51

Orychophragmus violaceus II Extended II 0

Idahoa scapigera Extended II

Cochlearia acaulis Extended II

Enarthrocarpus vlavatus II Extended II

Isatis brevipes II Extended II

Fourraea alpina Extended II II

Orychophragmus violaceus II Extended II

MAFFT_8 Idahoa scapigera Extended II

Dontostemon dentatus, D. glandulosus III Extended II

Orychophragmus violaceus II Extended II 7 Extended II

Biscutella didyma Extended II

Lunaria rediviva Extended II

Magadenia pygmaea Extended II

Hornungia petraea I III 14 III

Arabis glabra, A. lyalii, A. parishii, A. drummondii, A. fendleri, A. lignifera

Extended II I 32 (A_glabra 51) I


Zuvanda crenulata Extended II II

Conringia planisiliqua Extended II II

Arabis pauciflora Extended II II

Iberis procumbens Extended II II

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MAFFT_8_slow Lunaria annua (partual) Extended II 18

Noccaea caerulescens Extended II

Dontostemon dentatus, D. glandulosus III Extended II

Orychophragmus violaceus II Extended II 6 Extended II

Sameraria armena II Extended II

Iberis procumbens Extended II II


Hornungia petraea I III

Arabis glabra, A. lyalii, A. parishii, A. drummondii, A. fendleri, A. lignifera

Extended II I

Conringia planisiliqua Extended II II 36

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Figure 6 in the ‘Geographical Distribution’ section of the Materials and Methods chapter shows all the

areas I delimited. Table 5 gives an overview of these areas. An overview of the area distribution of per

genus is given in Appendix A (column ‘Area Proposed’).

TABLE 5. OVERVIEW OF AREAS AND THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE.

Area Geographic range

A Northern America - North

B Southern America - West

C Iberian Peninsula & North Western Africa

D Central Mediterranean & Southern Balkan

E Europe

F Western and Central Anatolia & Levantine coast

G Caucasus, Eastern Anatolia & Iranian mountain ranges

H High mountains of the Arabian Peninsula and Eastern Africa

I Central Asian mountain ranges

J Eastern Himalaya and Tibet-Chinese mountains

K Eastern Asia

L Siberia & Russian Far East

M Southern Africa

N Australia and New Zealand

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3.3 BIOGEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS

Because of the large amount of analysis performed in this part of the project, it is not possible to show all

the results. The following table (Table 6) gives an overview of the resulting ancestral area for each of the

matrices over all types of analyses. Because of time constrains it was not possible to perform a Bayesian

DIVA analysis for all matrix-analysis combination.

As can be seen in the table, quite often a * (indicating RASP was not able to determine the ancestral area)

is part of the outcome. When possible, the most likely alternative area has additionally been indicated.

Next, the combination of areas ‘Iberian Peninsula & North Western Africa’, ‘Central Mediterranean &

Southern Balkan’, ‘Western and Central Anatolia & Levantine coast’, and ‘Caucasus, Eastern Anatolia &

Iranian mountain ranges’ (regions C, D, F, and G) is quite often the resulting ancestral area.

Notable is that the ancestral range often consists of a grouping quite a large number of areas.

TABLE 6. OVERVIEW OF ANCESTRAL AREAS PER MATRIX AND LINEAGE. OVERALL IS ANCESTRAL NODE INCLUDING OUTGROUPS;

AETHIONEMA IS ANCESTRAL NODE OF ALL BRASSICACEAE; CORE IS ANCESTRAL NODE OF CORE BRASSICACEAE. * NO OUTCOME; -: NOT

POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE; LETTERS: PROPOSED AREAS.

Matrix Lineage Outgroup Null Wide

6 4 6 4 6 4

MAFFT_4 Overall ABCEMN */ABMN - - - -

Aethionema */CDFG */CDFG * */CDFG */CDFGI

*/CDFG

Core */GI/A */A/GI */GI/A */GI/A */GI/A */GI/A

MAFFT_4_slow Overall ABCEMN * * */ABEM/ABEF

*/ABCEMN

*/AEMN

Aethionema */ABCDFM/ABCDFG/ABCDIM

*/ABEN/ACDG

*/ABCDIM

*/HIJM */ABCDIM

*/CDFG

Core */A */ABHM */ABCIJM

*/ABHM */ABCDEN

*/A

MAFFT_8_pruned Overall CDN -

-

* */ABCEMN

Aethionema */CDFG */CDFG -

*/CDFG *

Core */N */ABEN - */CDFG *

MAFFT_8_slow_pruned

Overall ABCEMN -

*/ABCEMN

*

Aethionema * */ABEN * */CDFG

Core */N */ABEN */N */N

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4. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION


As indicated in the Results chapter, the bootstrap support values for the four Lineages in all four

phylogenetic trees are remarably low. The support values for (almost all) the other nodes are similarly

low. This is quite a problem, since the bootstrap support values is a direct reflection of the quality of the

underlying alignment. An explanation has thus to be sought there. When looking at the alignment, what

strikes is that it is increadibly gappy, in the sence of missing sequences. It appears that one of the reasons

for these empty areas have resulted from the large number of species. Because I decided to add all the

data available in GenBank, sometimes only one out of a possible eight markers is sampled for a terminal.

Also, often a number of species is added per genus which then all comprise one or two markers. This

results in a rather pulled apart alignment with not a lot of overlap in species and genera between the

separate gene regions. Second, as indicated in the Materials and Methods chapter, there are large

differences in taxon sampling completeness. To bypass this problem, I made a separate alignment

consisting of only markers with a taxonomic sampling of more than 30%. When we compare the Lineage

bootstrap support of the RAxML analysis for MAFFT_8 to MAFFT_4, it can be seen that the MAFFT_4

phylogenetic tree overall does seem better supported. However, the support remains low. In hindsight, it

would have been better to eliminate ITS from the matrix along with adh and chl. These three markers

have the highest (ITS, 82%) and lowest (adh and chl, 6 and 8%) taxonomic sampling. The others have a

sampling raging from 26 through 40%, which are in the same range. It would thus have been better to

combine these five genes, because then the alignment would have been far less gappy.

The fact that so many genera seem to be non-monophyletic (i.e. either poly- or paraphyletic) while they

‘should’ be (Al-Shehbaz, 2012), could be an artefact of the large dissimilarities in gene sampling for each

of the species within the genus. It could be that terminals with a similar gene-sampling group together,

forcing terminals belonging to the same genus apart. This could be checked by investigating the influence

of each of the genes by forming a Phylogenetic Super Network. In such a network (for example formed in

SplitsTree) separate gene trees are combined in a network form. It will then be known which taxon

corresponds to which line in the network, and the underlying effect of the (lack of) genes can be traced.

What is also of interest for the suitability for phylogenetic analysis of a matrix is how well it is aligned.

Usually an alignment tool (i.a MAFFT and PRANK) is used for alignment, which is then checked by eye. At

that point, manual adjustments can be made. I decided not to do this last step because I wanted to

compare a number of alignment tools, with which manual adjustment would interfere. As explained in the

Materials and Methods section, I used two settings in MAFFT and the program PRANK for this

comparison. Unfortunately, as explained above, PRANK resulted in such pulled apart alignments that they

were no longer usable for further analysis. The default settings of MAFFT have resulted in a slightly better

overall bootstrape node support than the G-INS-i settings of MAFFT. This second setting gives a more

thorough analysis and is thus expected to give a better resolved matrix. At first sight it is thus surprising

that this setting has resulted in phylogenetic trees with lower bootstrap support. However, if we take in

mind that the matrix was already quite gappy and the G-INS-i settings have pulled it apart even further,

this result is well explainable.

Since both these alignment settings have resulted in badly aligned regions, which in turn affect the

phylogenetic inference, I think it would have been better to choose one alignment tool and afterwards

optimise the alignment by hand. This is quite common practise in phylogenetics. Indeed, the alignment

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will not be completely objective, but as an operator we can take the decision to make a certain change or

leave it as specified by MAFFT.

Another cause for problems with this alignment (and resulting in low bootstrap support values) are the

indels. As described above, there are a lot of ways to handle them and I made the choice not to include

any indel information. Couvreur et al (2010) did include indel information in their analysis, and it seems

that this additional step has helped quite a lot in improving the overall support of the phylogenetic tree.

Defining indel positions adds a lot of structure to the alignment, which makes it more easy for a

phylogenetic analysis to be performed. Since the program now used to define the indel positions did not

give sufficient outcome, the alternative would be to define these by hand. In this project, it was however

not possible to carry this out.

The support of the phylogenetic trees is thus quite poor and no conclusions can be drawn from these

results. These trees are also not suitable for a historical biogeographic analysis. What we can do is

compare the four phylogenetic trees with each other and look at their topology.

At first sight there are no large incongruencies between the RAxML Bootstrap phylogenetic trees. All four

major lineages are retrieved in each of these phylogenetic inferences. Within these lineages however,

there are some differences. The first thing that stands out is the branching order of the lineages.

According to Couvreur et al. (2010) and Franzke et al. (2011) the order is: Lineage I (red), Lineage III (blue),

Extended Lineage II (green), Lineage II (purple). However, this does not seem to be the case for matrix

MAFFT_8 and MAFFT_8_slow. Here the order of lineages is: Lineage III (blue), Lineage 1 (red), Extended

Lineage II (green), Lineage II (purple). However, when we zoom in on the node supporting the split

between the clades forming Lineage I, III, and (Extended) Lineage II, we see that the support bootstrap is

of no significance. These three clades thus form a major polytomy and nothing can be said about their

order.

To check the topology of the rest of the phylogenetic tree, I coloured the remaining terminals in colours

corresponding to their supposed Lineage based on the tribal composition of Al-Shehbaz (Al-Shehbaz,

2012). As can be seen from the figure in Appendix C.5, almost all newly coloured terminals are found in

their corresponding lineage. As a result, almost all clades are now fully coloured.

One of the reasons quite a number of clades is now fully coloured is synonymity. For example, the genus

Desideria has become a synonym for the genus Solms-Laubachia. In one case it turned out that three

genera splitting up a clade were made synonymous to the fourth genus in that clade (Stubendorffia =

Winklera = Cyphocardamum = Lithodraba).

In general, the tree topologies is thus quite acceptable, but there are some causes for concern. One of

these is the clade of Outgroup taxa (Moringa ovalifolia, Carica papaya, Reseda lutea) separated from the

rest of the Outgroup by the Aethionemeae, forcing them just inside the Ingroup. The bootstrap support

for this small Outgroup clade in itself is rather low, but the support for the Aethionema clade is quite

acceptable. A possible explanation for this problem is given in the ‘General Comments’ section of this

chapter. Another troubling terminal is the Eutrema_himalaicum right inside the Outgroup while it is

supposed to group inside Extended Lineage II.

The results of the Neighbour Network analysis in SplitsTree correspond to the results of the RAxML

analysis. As indicated in the ‘Neighbour Network’ section of the Results chapter, all four matrices display

quite a large polytomy on one side of the network. This part corresponds with the large polytomy that is

formed by Lineage II and Extended Lineage II in the RAxML phylogenetic trees. Since it was not possible to

colour terminals and nodes in the Networks according to their Lineage placement, no further comparisons

can be made.

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Because the results of the RAxML Maximum Likelyhood analysis are not suitable for a historical

biogeographical analysis, I intended to use the results of a Bayesian Inference instead. Unfortunately, as

explained in the ‘Additional Methods’ section of the Materials and Methods chapter, it was not possible

to complete these analyses. It seems that MrBayes, used for the Bayesian Inference, had quite a lot of

trouble with the amount of missing data. MrBayes uses a lot of parameters, and these have to be ‘fed’

with information in the form of characters. When there are a lot of gaps, these parameters cannot

function optimally and the analysis will be terminated. I therefore run the TNT analyses, as an alternative

for the Bayesian Inference.

The results of the TNT parsimony analysis are quite similar to those of the RAxML Bootstrap although a

larger number of terminals were not found in the ‘right’ Lineage. This could be a result of the limited

number of replications for the Sectorial - Ratchet combined analysis. As specified in the Materials and

Methods chapter, I let this analysis run for 200 replications because in an initial test-run the analysis

seemed to reach a platform: it took too much time for the analysis to find shorter trees under these

model settings. Since the phylogenetic tree obtained was considerably shorter than those retrieved under

the Traditional search, I decided 200 replications were sufficient. However, it can be more parsimonious

trees could have been found when the analysis had run for a longer period of time.

The results of the TNT parsimony analysis are thus also not optimal for the historical biogeographical

analysis. However, I decided to continue with the analysis using the results of the TNT analysis to get a

feel for the data, the type of analysis and the results.

All in all, the combination of normal MAFFT settings and including only the four best sampled genes

results in a better tree topology, as well as better lineage boostrap support. Even though this support is

still unacceptably low, I feel this matrix shows the most potential.


For the historical biogeographical analysis, it is important to establish the geographic distribution of all

terminals in the phylogenetic tree. In the phylogenetic trees I have inferred in this project, the terminals

of the trees represent species. Species level distribution data and corresponding ranges would thus be

logical. However, the largest matrices (MAFFT_8 and MAFFT_8_slow) comprise around 570 taxa while the

Brassicaceae are considered to comprise around 3660 species (Al-Shehbaz, 2012; Koch et al., 2012).

Species level data would thus not give an accurate representation of the true distribution of the

Brassicaceae. On the other hand, I do have almost half of all available genera covered in the matrices (391

out of a possible 865 genera). I therefore decided it would be better feasible to use the genus-level

distribution data. The effects these distributions might have on the biogeographical analysis are discussed

in the ‘General Comments’ section of this chapter.

To limit subjectivity in assigning areas to the taxa, I took a number of precautions. First, I only used

accessions from GBIF with reliable coordinate data as indicated in the ‘Geographical Distribution’ section

of the Material and Methods (exceptions being those genera where no data was available at all). When no

specific coordinate data was available, I only used those records with reliable data for, for example, a city

or province. In some cases, next to specimens also records specified as ‘Human Observation’ or ‘Living

Specimen’ were available. I decided not to use these records, because I find a human observation of over

50 years ago without a corresponding specimen unreliable. Also, a living specimen is often part of a

botanical garden or collection. In that case, the coordinates of the growing location would be given, and it

is questionable whether this location is part of the actual distribution area. For the same reason I

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refrained from getting the distribution data from flora. An additional reason for this is that often a quite

general distribution area is provided.

In some cases it was not possible to apply this method. Since I intended to base this part of the project

solely on data available in GBIF (The Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 2013), I had a problem in the

case there were no (acceptable) records available for a genus. In those incidents, I did use information

available in flora and other publications.

Even with the above named precautions, I still feel that the assigning of areas could be done more

objectively. Forming global areas and letting the operator interpret whether a location falls exactly inside

or just on the other side of the boarder is still quite subjective. It would be better to describe the

proposed areas by a range of coordinates. For a taxon it can then be determined whether it falls within a

particular area based on coordinate data.

4.3 BIOGEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS

As described above, the MAFFT_4 matrix shows the most potential and is thus considered to be the

‘winning’ alignment. Table 6 shows that the most likely ancestral region of all Brassicaceae (including

Aethionema) is a combination of the regions ‘Iberian Peninsula & North Western Africa’, ‘Central

Mediterranean & Southern Balkan’, ‘Western and Central Anatolia & Levantine coast’, and ‘Caucasus,

Eastern Anatolia & Iranian mountain ranges’ (regions C, D, F, and G). The Iranoturatian region is indeed

part of this region, making the hypothesis that the Brassicaceae originated in the Iranoturanian region

highly plausible.

If the origin of the family indeed can be found there, it is to be expected that the ancestral region of all

Brassicaceae excluding Aethionema can also be found around the same area. As can be seen in the same

table, this is indeed the case. Here, a combination of the areas ‘Caucasus, Eastern Anatolia & Iranian

mountain ranges’ and ‘Central Asian mountain ranges’ is in almost all cases the ancestral region. This region

corresponds to an area near to the Iranoturanian region. However, in all these cases the area Northern

America - North (area A) is almost as likely to be an alternative ancestral area. This outcome is easily

explainable, since two of the latest branches joining the rest of the core Brassiceae are Idahoa scapigera,

and Iberisprocumbens, which occur solely in that region. This placement in the RASP tree topology is not

in agreement with that in the RAxML Bootstrap phylogenetic tree. There, these taxa clusters within

Extended Lineage II, where it belongs according to the tribal division by Al-Shehbaz (Al-Shehbaz, 2012).

The outcomes of the ancestral area analysis are clearly heavily influenced by the incorrect placement of

these taxa.

In conclusion; based on the outcome of the BBM analysis, the hypothesis that the area of origin of the

Brassicaceae is the Iranoturanian region seems accepted. However, I feel there are so many issues with

the underlying alignment, that both the phylogenetic inference and subsequently also the historical

biogeographical analysis cannot fully be trusted. We are on the right track, but the results obtained in this

project are not enough to confidently accept the hypothesis.

Unfortunately, I encountered a number of problems with RASP. Based on the ecoregions developed by

Olson et al. (Olson et al., 2001), I had formed the following areas (Figure 7). However, it is not possible in

RASP to assign that many areas; the maximum number is fifteen (ranging from A through O; Yu, Harris, &

He, 2010a; Yu et al., 2012). Since I find this maximum number rather arbitrary, I contacted the authors of

the programme with the question whether this number could be increased. Unfortunately, I did not

receive any response. I therefore followed the advice of Pulcherie Bissiengou and grouped the three

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North American areas together. This is permitted, because you should also take geographic history into

account when forming these areas. For the same reason, it is common practice to group Madagascar

together with (Southern) Africa and New Zealand together with Australia. Because of their shared history,

we can group them together even though the areas in itself may differ substantially.

FIGURE 7. ORIGINAL AREA DIVISION (AFTER KARL & KOCH, 2013). A1: NORTHERN AMERICA – NORTH; A2: NORTHERN AMERICA –

MIDDLE/EAST; A3: NORTHERN AMERICA - SOUTH/MIDDLE AMERICA; B1: SOUTH AMERICA – WEST; B2: SOUTH AMERICA – EAST; P:

SOUTHERN AFRICA; Q: AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.

Then, I had planned on using both the S-Diva as well as the Bayesian implementation of RASP (Yu et al.,

2010b). Unfortunately, it turned out that one of the errors I got when trying S-Diva was insoluble.

Apparently, this error (or any error in RASP for that matter) is quite unique since not a single help forum

concerning S-DIVA or RASP is available on the internet. The only available source of help is the manual,

where these specific errors are regrettably not addressed.

Then, when I wanted to perform the Bayesian analysis on the full dataset (MAFFT_8 matrix), I got the

message that the maximum number of terminals allowed is 512 while my dataset comprises 568

terminals. In the RASP-manual, it is not specified why there is a maximum limit on the number of

terminals and why that number is 512. Since two out of four datasets is larger than is allowed, I pruned

the phylogenetic trees to be used for the RASP analysis as well as the corresponding alignment by loading

all in Mesquite and deleting terminals with a distribution of more than 6 areas. I preferred this method

over removing the taxa from the alignment and rerunning the TNT parsimony analysis, because the

original larger number of taxa will provide a better phylogenetic result.

Also, when performing any type of Bayesian analysis, it is desirable to check the parameter (.p) files if the

analysis has run long enough. RASP itself did not allow the .p files to be opened, and Tracer (normally

used to open the files obtained with MrBayes or Beast, (Rambaut & Drummond, 2007)) was not able to

open them. This is quite inconvenient, because there is no way of knowing whether the analyses I run

with BBM have a sufficient number of generations. This can have influenced the outcome considerably.

Last, when the analysis finishes, a colour coded legend with all possible area combinations is provided.

You then have to check which of the eight shades of light green is the one corresponding to the colour in

the pie chart in the topology. Of course this is quite an inconvenience, and brings a huge amount of

inaccuracy to the interpretation of the results.

B1

B2 P

A1

A3 A2

Q

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4.4 GENERAL COMMENTS

As explained above, I chose to perform the phylogenetic analysis at the species level while using genus

level distribution data for the historical biogeographical analysis. This could be a possible source of bias,

for example when the terminals belonging to the same genus do

not form a monophyletic clade.

In Figure 8 for example, all terminals belonging to the same genus

with distribution 1, 2 would be the ideal situation. Then, there is no

doubt what the ancestral area would be. If, however, terminals A,

B, D and E would belong to the one genus (with distribution 1, 2)

while misplaced terminal C belongs to another genus (with

distribution 3), this terminal causes a bias in the analysis because

this single area skews the biogeographical analysis. In this project

this is a serious problem because a lot of the genera turned out

non-monophyletic as explained above (Phylogetic analysis section

of this chapter). Especially with wide-spread species (when

terminal C has a distribution of 2, 3, 4, 5) this is a substantial

problem, because with one terminal the possible ancestral area

range of the clade is dramatically widened. This is one of the reasons why I chose to perform additional

biogeographical analysis without the widespread terminals. Another scenario where terminal C would

provide a problem in when it has a distribution of 4, 5. In that case, the one terminal also substantially

increases areas possible for the ancestral node.

In an ideal world, I would have had a matrix comprising all species of all genera now considered part of

the Brassicaceae. With such a complete dataset, it would have been a lot easier to confidently determine

the ancestral area of this comprehensive family. In an ideal world, I would also have been able to perform

a dating analysis on the phylogenetic tree. We now have an indication of the ancestral area of the

Brassicaceae, but it would be helpful if we would be able to place this in a historical context.

FIGURE 7.

C B

A

A

A

D

A

E

B

FIGURE 8. IMAGINARY CLADE WITH TAXA A, B,

C, D, E.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Without the constant support of both my supervisors, Setareh Mohammadin and Freek T. Bakker, it

would not have been possible to complete this project in such a happy and stress-free manner; thank you

both for that! In addition, I want to thank Lars Chatrou for his help and guidance during the past week and

a half of this thesis. Your critical view and dissecting of my thesis have definately helped me a lot in

improving it and keepin on thinking further. In addition, I want to thank all staff and students of the

Biosystematics group for a wonderful 6 months.

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APPENDIX A. OVERVIEW OF GENBANK ACCESSIONS Genus Species ITS (82%) ndhF (38%) nad4 (36%) rbcL (21%) matK (26%) trnLF (40) adH (6%) percentage Area proposed

Aethionema arabicum AY254539 DQ180218 26 CDFG

Aethionema saxatile DQ288726 [saxatile]

AY483262 [saxatile]

Aethionema spinosum GQ424545 DQ288798

Aethionema grandiflorum AY167983 [grandiflorum] AF144354 [grandiflorum]

Agianthus

Alliaria petiolata AJ862703/AJ862704 DQ288727 JQ933212 [petiolata]* AF144363 JN189781 [petiolata]

92 ACDEGI

Alyssoides utriculata EF514593 12 DE

Alyssopsis mollis GQ424523 14 A

Alyssum chalcidicum GQ284876 [chalcidicum] 51 ABCDEFGHIJKMN

Alyssum canescens DQ288728 [canescens]

Alyssum simplex JF926641 [simplex]-

Alyssum mollis FJ188076 [mollis]

Alyssum lenense FN677633 [lenense]*

Ammosperma cinerea GQ424606 2 C

Anastatica hierochuntica GQ424524 GQ424573 25 CFH

Anchonium elichrysifolium DQ357516 FN594834 [elichrysifolium]*-+

7 F

Andrzeiowskia

Anelsonia eurycarpa DQ452059 DQ288729 JX146081 [eurycarpa]*

JX146666 [eurycarpa]*

32 A

Aphragmus oxycarpus DQ165337 [oxycarpus] DQ518350 [oxycarpus]

DQ518350 [oxycarpus]

62 IJ

Aphragmus involucratus

Aphragmus obscurus

Aplanodes doidgeana GQ497847 [doidgeana] 37 M

29

Arabidella glaucenscens 89 N

Arabidella trisecta JX630158 [trisecta]

Arabidella eremigena FN597049 [eremigena]-

Arabidopsis suecica GQ438794 [suecica]-

86 ABCDEFGHIJKLMN

Arabidopsis lyrata DQ288730 [lyrata]

FN594842 [lyrata]*-

Arabidopsis halleri AF144341 [halleri]

Arabidopsis arenosa GQ386495 [arenosa]*

Arabidopsis thaliana AJ232900 Full cp genome NC_000932 AF144348, AF144328

AF110456

Arabis alpina DQ060109 DQ288731 EU931347 [alpina]

DQ518351 AF110429 64 ABCDEFGH IJK

Arabis hirsuta JX848435 [hirsuta]

Arabis stelleri D88903 [stelleri]-

Arabis glabra DQ310542 [glabra]

Arabis pauciflora AF144335

Arabis drummondii AF144350 [drummondii]

Arabis parshii AF144349 [parishii]

Arabis lyalli AF144332 [lyallii]

Arabis fendleri AF144351 [fendleri]

Arabis glabra AF144333 [glabra]

Arabis turrita AF144347 [turrita]

Arcyosperma primulifolium GQ424525 GQ424780 [primulifolium]*

JQ919863 [primulifolium]*

54 I

Armoracia rusticana AF078032/AF078031 [rusticana]

GQ424684 [rusticana]*

AF020323 [rusticana] FN597648 [rusticana]*-

EF426785 [rusticana]-

95 A

Aschersoniodoxa mandoniana GQ424784 [mandoniana]*

32 B

Aschersoniodoxa cachensis EU620282 [cachensis]

30

Asperuginoides axillaris EF514626 [axillaris] GU181984 [axillaris]

27 G

Asta schaffneri GQ424526 DQ288733 [sp.] 39 A

Atelanthera perpusilla FM164518/FM164519 [perpusilla]*

48 I

Athysanus pusillus EF514629 GU246241 [pusillus]

42 A

Athysanus unilateralis GQ424804 [unilateralis]*

Aubrieta deltoidea AJ232909 DQ288734 AF144352 DQ180303 AF110425 66 CDEFG

Aurinia saxatilis EF514630 KF022950 [saxatilis]

JQ412329 [saxatilis]*- JQ412213 [saxatilis]*-

DQ518349 37 CDEFN

Baimashania pulvinata DQ523426 DQ288736 DQ409251 DQ523325 [pulvinata]

60 J

Ballantinia antipoda FN597048 [antipoda]*- 33 N

Barbamine

Barbarea verna X98631 DQ288737 NC_009269 AF144330 [vulgaris]

DQ518352 [vulgaris]

AF110458 [vulgaris]

86 ABCDEFGIJMN

Berteroa incana EF514631 AY330097 KF613070 [incana]- GQ424574 KF022814 [incana]

82 ADEGI

Berteroella maximowiczii GU182052 [maximowiczii]

GU181985 [maximowiczii]

1 J

Biscutella didyma DQ452058 DQ288738 GQ424732 [didyma]*

GQ424575 51 ACDEFG

Bivonaea lutea HQ327490 [lutea] HQ327491 [lutea] 1 CD

Blennodia pterosperma DQ357519 [pterosperma]

JX134205 [pterosperma]-

93 N

Blennodia canescens JX630173 [canescens]

Boechera stricta AF137575 AF144343 AF110437 41 AM

Boechera parishii AF110450 [parishii]

Boechera lyallii AF110448 [lyallii]

Boechera lignifera AF110447 [lignifera]

Boechera fendleri AF110438 [fendleri]

Boechera laevigata DQ288739 [laevigata]

31

Boechera holboellii FN594845 [holboellii]*- AY257788 [holboellii]

Boechera divaricarpa JX848436 [divaricarpa]

Boleum

Boreava orientalis DQ249859 DQ518353 [orientalis]

7 CFGI

Bornmuellera baldaccii EF514635 KF022959 [baldaccii]

KF022818 [baldaccii]

38 DF

Borodinia macrophylla JX146999 [macrophylla]*

JX146151 [macrophylla]*

0 KL

Botschantzevia karatavica EF514690 [karatavica] GU181986 [karatavica]

#DIV/0! I

Brachycarpaea juncea AJ862707/AJ862708 [juncea]

0 M

Brassica juncea AF128093 AY167979 [juncea] DQ180232 57 ABCDEFGHIJKLMN

Brassica oleracea DQ288742 [oleracea]

AF110434 [oleracea]

Brassica spinescens JN584953 [spinescens]*

Brassica napus JQ796372 [napus]

Braya rosea AY353129 DQ288743 [rosea]

DQ518354 69 AEIJK

Braya glabella JQ933246 [glabella subsp purpusascens]*

Brayopsis monimocalyx GQ424808 [monimocalyx]*

46 B

Brayopsis colombiana EU620283 [colombiana]*

EU718525 [colombiana]-

UE620339 [colombiana]*

Bunias orientalis DQ249863 DQ288744 GQ424576 FN677645 [orientalis]*

CDEFGI

Cakile maritima DQ249830 [maritima] DQ288745 [maritima]

AY167981 [maritima] GQ424577 DQ180247 [maritima]

73 ABCDEFGN

Calepina irregularis AY722504 HE616642 [irregularis] DQ518356 43 CDEF

Calymmatium draboides GQ497854 [draboides] 33 I

Camelina microcarpa AF137574 DQ288746 JN847825 [microcarpa] DQ821412 [microcarpa]-

ABCDEFILN

Camelina sativa GQ424578 [sativa]

61

32

Camelinopsis campylopoda DQ288817 0 G

Camelinopsis glaucophylla DQ357581 [glaucophylla]

Capsella bursa-pastoris AF531561 DQ288748 D88904 GQ424578 AF110435 [rubella]

88 ABCDEFHIJKMN

Capsella rubella DQ180225 [rubella]

DQ343324, DQ343314, DQ343313

Capsella sp. AB586239 [sp.SH-2010]-

Cardamine scutata DQ268478 HQ616526 [hirsuta]

D88905 [flexuosa]

GQ424604 [flexuosa]

84 ABCDEFHIJKMN

Cardamine lacustris AF100683

Cardamine hirsuta HE616645 [hirsuta]

Cardamine angustata AF198139 [angustata]

Cardamine flexuosa AB247985 [flexuosa]*

Cardamine amara AF144337 [amara]

AF110430 [amara]

Cardamine rivularis AF144365 [rivularis]

Cardamine penzesii AF144364 [penzesii]

Cardamine microzyga JF926662 [microzyga]

Cardaria pubescens AJ628279/AJ628280 [pubescens]

AY015920 [pubescens]

29 ABCDEFGHIJKMN

Carinavalva glauca GQ424527 75 N

Carrichtera annua DQ249829 GQ424579 AY751761 81 ACDEFN

Catadysia rosulans EU620284 [rosulans]* EU718526 [rosulans]-

EU620340 [rosulans]*

75 B

Catenulina hedysaroides GQ424607 0 I

Catolobus pendulus AF137572 DQ288732 GQ424666 [pendulus]*

DQ406758 [pendulus]

FJ188022 [pendulus]-

20 JKL

Caulanthus crassicaulis DQ288750 GQ424650 [crassicaulis]*

EU620341 [crassicaulis]*

31 A

Caulanthus amplexicaulis AF346630 [amplexicaulis var. amplexicaulis]

EU718527 [amplexicaulis]-

33

Caulanthus inflatus EU718533 [inflatus]-

Caulanthus hallii EU718531 [hallii]-

Caulanthus stenocarpus EU718535 [stenocarpus]-

Caulanthus lasiophyllus EU931391 [lasiophyllus]

Caulostramina jaegeri DQ288751 [jaegeri]

0 A

Ceratocnemum rapistroides AY722429 14 C

Ceriosperma

Chalcanthus renifolius GQ424528 DQ288752 GQ424705 [renifolius]

0 G

Chamira circaeoides AJ862719/AJ862720 AM234932 35 M

Chartoloma platycarpum GQ424529 GQ424793 [platycarpum]*

0 GL

Chaunanthus acuminatus GQ497855 [acuminatus] EU718536 [acuminatus]-

GQ424779 [acuminatus]*

EU620344 [acuminatus]*

58 A

Cheirinia

Chilocardamum

Chlorocrambe hastata GQ497856 [hastata] EU718538 [hastata]-

EU620346 [hastata]*

35 A

Chorispora tenella DQ357526 DQ288753 FN594833 [tenella]*- DQ518384 52 ABEFGIJN

Christolea crassifolia DQ523423 DQ288754 DQ409256 [crassifolia]

DQ23322 [crassifolia]

80 IJ

Christolea niyaensis JN847808 [niyaensis]

Chrysochamela velutina DQ249856 [velutina] 4 FG

Cithareloma lehmannii EF514641 GQ438795 [lehmannii]

13 GI

Cithareloma vernum JF926677 [vernum]-

Clastopus vestitus KF022966 [vestitus]

KF022825 [vestitus]

5 G

Clausia aprica DQ357529 3 IKL

Clausia trichosepala JN847815 [trichosepala] JF926653 [trichosepala]-

34

Clausia podlechii FN677719 [podlechii]*

Clypeola aspera EF514642 [aspera ]

EU907360 [aspera]

KF022826 [aspera]

41 CDFG

Cochlearia danica EU931354 [danica]

AF174531 84 ADE

Cochlearia acaulis HQ268659 [acaulis] DQ288785 EU931369 [acaule]

FN594827 [acaulis]*- HQ268714 [acaulis]*-

Cochlearia officinalis AY514390 [officinalis]

Cochlearia prolongoi AF144369 [prolongoi]

Coelophragmus auriculatus EU620290 [auriculatus] EU718539 [auriculatus]-

EU620347 [auriculatus]*

32 A

Coincya monensis JN892991 [monensis]- 59 ACDE

Coincya longirostra JN584960 [longirostra]*

Coluteocarpus vesicaria GQ497857 [vesicaria] 12 FG

Conringia planisiliqua GQ424570 DQ288756 JN847840 [planisiliqua] JF926665 [planisiliqua]-

AY751762 [planisiliqua]

65 ACDEFGI

Cordylocarpus muricatus DQ249827 JN584963 [muricatus]

AY751759 4 C

Crambe tataria 62 ACDEFGHIMN

Crambe filiformis AY722434 [filiformis]

Crambe maritima JN893554 [maritima]- GQ424580 [maritima]

Crambe kotschyana EF426778 [kotschyana]-

Crambella teregifolia AF039986/AF040029 [teregifolia]-

JN584967 [teretifolia]*

Cremolobus chilensis GQ424530 GQ424774 [chilensis]

22 B

Cremolobus subscandens DQ288757 [subscandens]

EU620348 [subscandens]*

Crucihimalaya mollissima AF137552 FN594843 [mollissima]- DQ518358 69 GIJ

Crucihimalaya himalaica HM120274 [himalaica]

D88902 [himalaica] AF144356 [himalaica]

AB015503 [himalaica]

Crucihimalaya bursifolia FN598779 [bursifolia]- DQ406759 [bursifolia]

35

Crucihimalaya wallichii JX146960 [wallichii]* JX146689 [wallichii]*

Cryptospora falcata DQ357531 4 GI

Cuphonotus humistratus JX630160 [humistratus] JX630170 [humistratus] 93 N

Cusickiella quadricostata DQ452066 DQ288758 GQ424617 [quadricostata]*

43 A

Cusickiella douglasii DQ406761 [douglasii]

JX146113 [douglasii]*

JX146718 [douglasii]*

Cymatocarpus pilosissimus GQ497858 [pilosissimus] 0 G

Cyphocardamum aretioides GQ497859 [aretioides] 0 I

Dactylocardamum

Decaptera

Degenia velebitica EF514646 [velebitica] DQ518359 [velebitica]

0 E

Delpinophytum patagonicum GQ497887 [patagonicum]

70 B

Dendroarabis fruticulosa GU182058 [fruticulosa]- FN677634 [fruticulosa]*

#DIV/0! IJL

Descurainia sophia AY230619 DQ288759 EU931355 [stricta]

JX848439 [sophia] GQ424581 DQ518361 68 ABCDEGIJKMN

Descurainia stricta FN594838 [stricta]*-

Descurainia pinnata JX848438 [pinnata]

Descurainia californica GU246181 [californica]

Desideria linearis DQ523417 [linearis]* DQ288760 [linearis]

#DIV/0! J

Desideria baiogoinensis DQ409252 [baiogoinensis]

DQ523315 [baiogoinensis]

Desideria stewartii DQ409265 [stewartii]

Desideria linearis DQ409254 [linearis]

Diceratella elliptica GQ424582 20 GHM

Diceratella inernis DQ357533 [inermis]

Dichasianthus subtilissimus AF137594 [subtilissimus] #DIV/0! F

Dictyophragmus englerianus EU620293 [englerianus]*

88 B

36

Dictyophragmus punensis EU620349 [punensis]*

Didesmus aegypticus GQ424531 4 CD

Didesmus bipinnatus GQ424605 [bipinnatus]

Didymophysa fedtschenkoana EF514648 35 GI

Didymophysa aucheri FJ188023 [aucheri]

Dielsiocharis kotschyi GQ424532 6 G

Dilophia salsa FM164649 [salsa]* DQ288761 JQ933304 [salsa]* DQ518364 81 J

Dimorphocarpa wislizenii AF137593, AF137592 DQ288763 FN594839 [wislizeni]*- 28 A

Diplotaxis erucoides DQ249826 [erucoides] DQ180245 [erucoides]

100 ABCDEFGHMN

Diplotaxis tenuifolia JN892620 [tenuifolia]-

Diplotaxis assurgens JN584970 [assurgens]*

Dipoma iberideum GQ497861 [iberideum] 12 J

Diptychocarpus strictus DQ357534 DQ288762 JF926637 [strictus]-

FN677716 [strictus]*

5 GI

Dithyrea californica AF137592 [californica] 29 A

Dithyrea maritima JQ323048 [maritima]

Dontostemon integrifolius DQ357536 [integrifolius] 24 IJK

Dontostemon senilis DQ288764 [senilis]

JN847816 [senilis]

Dontostemon glandulosus JF926648 [glandulosus]-

Dontostemon intermedius FN677644 [intermedius]*

Douepea tortuosa GQ497862 [tortuosa] 0 I

Draba altaica AY134115 DQ288765 73 ABCDEFGHIJKLMN

Draba nemorosa NC_009272 [nemorosa]

Draba ellipsoidea DQ180236 [ellipsoidea]

Draba sp. GQ424583 [sp]

37

Drabastrum alpestra JX630161 [alpestre] JX630176 [alpestre] 88 N

Dryopetalon runcinatum AF531634 61 A

Dryopetalon palmeri EU718541 [palmeri]-

Dryopetalon paysonii EU718542 [paysonii]-

GQ424813 [paysonii]*

EU620350 [paysonii]*

Eigia longistyla GQ497863 [longistyla] 0 F

Elburzia fenestrata GQ424533 0 G

Enarthrocarpus clavatus GQ424584 10 CDF

Enarthrocarpus acruatus AY722456 [acruatus]

Enarthrocarpus lyratus AB670026 [lyratus]-

Englerocharis pauciflora EU620295 [pauciflora]* EU718543 [pauciflora]-

EU620351 [pauciflora]*

44 B

Eremobium aegyptiacum DQ357537 GQ424663 [aegyptiacum]*

GQ424585 3 CFGI

Eremoblastus caspicus FN821522 [caspicus] FN677643 [caspicus]*

#DIV/0! F

Eremodraba intricatissima GQ424534 GQ424654 [intricatissima]*

10 B

Eremophyton chevallieri GQ424535 24 C

Erophila verna DQ467575 [verna]- HQ619740 [verna]- DQ467135 [verna]

12 CDF

Erophila majuscula JN894943 [majuscula]-

Eruca vesicaria DQ249821 [sativa] GQ424586 AY751765 [sativa]

49 ABCDEFGIMN

Erucaria boveana AY722495 32 CDFG

Erucaria erucarioides JN584976 [erucarioides]*

Erucastrum varium AF531614 60 ACDEHMN

Erucastrum gallicum JX520951 [gallicum] AY751766 [gallicum]

Erucastrum canariense JN584982 [canariense]*

Erysimum capitatum AY167980 GQ424587 [repandum]

KF022857 [cuspidatum]

68 ABCDEFGIJKLN

38

Erysimum mongolicum GQ424670 [mongolicum]*

Erysimum canum DQ357539 [canum]

Erysimum canescens DQ288766

Erysimum inconspicuum JX848441 [inconspicuum]

Erysimum sisymbioides JN847824 [sisymbioides] JF926666 [sisymbrioides]-

Erysimum siliculosum JN847822 [siliculosum]

Erysimum cheiranthoides JF926663-

Erysimum perofskianum DQ406762 [perofskianum]

Euclidium syriacum DQ357543 DQ288767 DQ180251 269 AEGI

Eudema hauthalii GQ424620 [hauthalii]*

36 B

Eudema nubigena EU620299 [nubigena]* EU718545 [nubigena]-

EU620352 [nubigena]*

Eurycarpus

Eutrema heterophyllum DQ165352 DQ288768 EU931358 [heterophyllum]

43 AIJK

Eutrema altaicum DQ165364 DQ288836 EU931389 [altaicum]

Eutrema salsugineum AF531626 GQ424704 [salsugineum]*

DQ406771 [salsugineum]

JN387821 [salsugineum]*-

Eutrema himalaicum JQ933332 [himalaicum]*

Exhalimolobos palmeri AF137569 [palmeri] JQ323086 [palmeri]

35 AB

Farsetia aegyptiaca EF514649 DQ288769 GQ424687 [aegyptia]*

KF022851 [aegyptia]

24 CFGHM

Fezia pterocarpa GQ424536 20 C

Fibigia suffruticosa 1 FM164657 EU907361 [suffruticosa]

20 CDEFG

Fibigia clypeata DQ518368 [clypeata]

Foleyola billotii GQ497866 billotii] 16 C

Fortuynia garcini AF263398 [garcini] 9 G

Fourraea alpina DQ518395 GQ424721 DQ180226 58 CDEM

39

[alpina]*

Galitzkya macrocarpa EF514655 0 IKL

Galitzkya potaninii KF022983 [potaninii]

FN677635 [potaninii]

Geococcus pusillus GQ424571 95 N

Glastaria

Glaucocarpum suffrutescens DQ288770 [suffrutescens]

0 A

Goerkemia

Goldbachia laevigata DQ357545 [laevigata] DQ288771 [laevigata]

JF926643 [laevigata]-

39 GIJ

Gorodkovia jacutica AY230646 [jacutica] 0 AIJL

Graellsia saxifragifolia GQ424572 DQ288772 4 CFG

Guillenia lasiophylla EU620287 [lasiophylla]* EU718534 [lasiophylla]-

EU620343 [lasiophylla]

89 A

Guillenia flavescens EU718548 [flavescens]-

Guiraoa arvensis AY722468 JN584987 [arvensis]*

58 C

Gynophorea

Halimolobos diffusus AF307645 EU718621 EU931359 [diffusus]

FN594846 [diffusus]*- 19 A

Halimolobos perplexa AF144346 [perplexa]

AF110441 [perplexa]

Halimolobos jaegeri DQ406763 [jaegeri]

JX146114 [jaegeri]

JX146691 [jaegeri]*

0

Harmsiodoxa blennodioides JX630162 [blennodioides]

JX630172 [blennodioides]- 93 N

Hedinia K

Heldreichia bupleurifolia FN397988 [bupleurifolia]*

1 F

Heliophila hurkana AJ864823/AJ863573 GQ424962 [hurkana]*

43 MN

Heliophila dregeana GQ424709 [dregeana]*

Heliophila juncea GQ424613 [juncea]*

40

Heliophila linearis AJ863573/AJ864823 EU931361 [linearis]

Heliophila sp. DQ288775 [sp.] EU931362 [sp.]*

Heliophila pubescens AM234933 [pubescens]

Heliophila variabilis GQ424588 [variabilis]

Heliophila coronopifolia DQ518369 [coronopifolia]

Hemicrambe fruticulosa AY722469 JN584988 [fruticulosa]*

31 H

Hemilophia

Henophyton deserti GQ424537 JN584989 [deserti]*

4 C

Hesperidanthus suffrutescens GQ424567 34 A

Hesperidanthus sp. GQ424727 [sp.]

Hesperidanthus barnebyi EU620356 [barnebyi]*

Hesperidanthus linearifolia AF531612 DQ288821

Hesperidanthus jaegeri GQ424569 DQ288751

Hesperis sibirica DQ357549 FN594835 [sibirica]*- FN677642 [sibirica]

83 ACDEFG

Hesperis matronalis DQ288776 [matronalis]

HQ593319 [matronalis]*-

Heterothrix debilis EF455920 [debilis]

Hilliella fumarioides AF100851/AF100852 [fumarioides]-

#DIV/0! K

Hirschfeldia incana AY722470 [incana] DQ288778 [incana]

JN584990 [incana]*

EU620407 [incana]*

72 ABCDEFGMN

Hollermayera

Hormathophylla longicaulis EF514660 39 CE

Hormathophylla spinosa KF022987 [spinosa]

Hormathophylla purpurea FN677738 [purpurea]

Hornungia petraea AJ440303 58 ABCDEFIN

Hornungia procumbens DQ288779

41

[procumbens]

Hornungia alpina DQ310538 [alpina] DQ310515 [alpina]

Hornungia petraea JN893991 [petraea]-

Horwoodia dicksoniae GQ424538 3 H

Hugueninia

Ianhedgea minutiflora AF137568 DQ288780 EU931366 [minutiflora]

FN594825 [minutiflora]*- 61 I

Iberidella

Iberis amara AJ440311 EU931367 [amara]

FN594828 [amara]*- GQ424589 45 A

Iberis procumbens EU931368 [procumbens]

Iberis sempervirens DQ288781 [sempervirens]

36

Iberis umbellata HE616648 [umbellata]

Icianthus

Idahoa scapigera GQ497867 [scapigera] DQ288783 GQ424761 [scapigera]*

50 A

Iodanthus pinnatifidus GQ424539 DQ288784 33 B

Ionopsidium CE

Irenepharsus magicus JX630175 [magicus] 92 N

Isatis brevipes DQ288786 [tinctoria]

EU931370 [brevipes]

55 ACDEFGIK

Isatis tinctoria DQ249851 [tinctoria] AB354278 [tinctoria]-

DQ518370 [tinctoria]

Isatis pachycarpa FN594830 [pachycarpa]*-

Iskandera hissarica DQ357553 [hissarica]* 0 I

Kernera saxatilis AJ440313 GQ424715 [saxatilis]*

35 CE

Kotschyella stenocarpa GQ497888 [stenocarpa] #DIV/0! G

Kremeriella cordylocarpus AY722471 [cordylocarpus]

JN584991 [cordylocarpus]*

4 C

Lachnoloma lehmannii GQ497889 [lehmannii] JN847812 [lehmannii] 0 GIL

42

Lachnocapsa spathulata GQ424540 29 H

Leavenworthia crassa GQ424541 DQ288787 [crassa]

AM072871 [crassa]*

AF037563 9 A

Leiospora eriocalyx DQ357554 DQ288788 [eriocalyx]

67 I

Leiospora exscapa

Leiospora pamirica

Lepidium latifolium EU931371 [latifolium]

73 ABCDEFGHIJKMN

Lepidium leptopetalum GQ438806 [leptopetalum]

Lepidium pedicellosum GQ438805 [pedicellosum]

Lepidium sagittatum EU931388 [sagittatum]

Lepidium africanum AM234934 [africanum]

Lepidium draba DQ288790 [draba]

Lepidium pamirica DQ409255 [pamirica]

DQ180250 [pamirica]

Lepidium peroliatum DQ406766 [perfoliatum]

Lepidium capitatum DQ518371 [capitatum]

Lepidium campestris AF055197 [campestris] AF144359 [campestre]

Lepidostemon glaricola GQ424542 [glaricola] 4 J

Leptaleum filifolium DQ357556 JN847811 [filifolium] GQ424590 34 I

Lesquerella fendleri AF055198 [fendleri] 52 A

Lexarzanthe

Lithodraba mendocinensis GQ497890 [mendocinensis]

GQ4524812 [mendocinensis]*

76 B

Litwinowia tenuissima FN821591 [tenuissima]* FN677713 [tenuissima]*

26 IJ

Lobularia maritima EF514681 DQ288791 GQ424689 [maritima]*

NC_009274 [maritima] GQ424591 68 ABCDEFGHMN

Lobularia libyca DQ518372 [libyca]

43

Lunaria rediviva GQ424543 GQ424733 [rediviva]*

83 ABCDEN

Lunaria annua DQ288792 [annua]

HE963547 [annua]* GQ424592 [annua]

Lycocarpus

Lyrocarpa coulteri AF137591 EU931372 [coulteri]

GU246240 [coulteri]

54 A

Lyrocarpa xantii JQ323051 [xantii]

Macropodium nivale GQ424656 [nivale]*

FN677638 [nivale]*

20 KL

Macropodium pterospermum GU182055 [pterospermum]-

Malcolmia littorea DQ357559 EU931373 [littorea]

32 ACDEFGI

Malcolmia africana DQ288793 [africana]

JN847814 [africana] JF926644 [africana]-

EU170625 [africana]-

Mancoa hispida DQ288794 GQ424628 [hispida]*

49 B

Mancoa foliosa AF307632 [foliosa] AF307552 [foliosa]

Maresia nana DQ357562 KF023006 [nana] EU931374 [nana] GQ424593 41 CDFG

Mathewsia auriculata EU874868 [auriculata]-

GQ424646 [auriculata]*

14 B

Mathewsia foliosa DQ357563 [foliosa]

Mathewsia nivea EU718556 [nivea]-

EU620361 [nivea]*

Matthiola fragrans DQ288796 [farinosa]

39 ABCDEFGIM

Matthiola maderensis DQ180302 [maderensis]-

Matthiola incana DQ249848 [incana] HM850161 [incana] AF144361 [incana]

Matthiola sp. GQ424566

Megacarpaea megalocarpa FM164564/FM164565 [megalocarpa]*

GQ424722 [megalocarpa]*

24 IJ

Megacarpaea delavayi GU174514 [delavayi]*

Megacarpaea polyandra JQ933404 [polyandra]*

44

Megadenia pygmaea GQ424544 GQ424726 [pygmaea]*

75 J

Menkea sphaerocarpa JX630164 [sphaerocarpa]

JX630171 [sphaerocarpa] 94 N

Menonvillea hookeri JX470565 [hookeri]* DQ288797 GQ424611 [hookeri]*

37 B

Microlepidium pilosum GQ497869 [pilosulum] 99 N

Microstigma deflexum FN677641 [deflexum]*

0 KL

Microstigma brachycarpum DQ2357569 [brachycarpum]*

Microthlaspi perfoliatum AF144362 50 ACDEFGI

Morettia philaeana DQ357572 [philaeana] KF023007 [philaeana]

28 CFGH

Moricandia arvensis EF601899 GQ424594 AY751767 46 ACDFH

Moricandia sinaica JN375996 [sinaica]*

Moriera spinosa GQ424545 DQ288798 [spinosa]

2 G

Morisia monanthos AY722476 JN584993 [monanthos]*

3 D

Mostacillastrum orbignyanum AF531583 53 B

Mostacillastrum gracile EU874869 [gracile]-

Mostacillastrum andinum EU718557 [andinum]-

EU620363 [andinum]*

Mostacillastrum elongatum DQ288799 [elongatum]

Murbeckiella huetii GQ424546 58 CEFG

Muricaria prostrata AF039992/AF040035 [prostrata]

JN584994 [prostrata]*

5 CG

Myagrum perfoliatum GQ424547 DQ288800 EU931376 [perfoliatum]

45 CDEF

Nasturtiopsis coronopifolia GQ424548 GQ424595 12 CF

Nasturtium officinale X98643 DQ288801 AF020325 AY483225 [officinale]

AY030271 [officinale]

85 ABCDEFHIJMN

Neotorularia korolkowii AY353155 DQ288803 JN847813 [korolkowii] 22 FGIJ

Neotorularia torulosa AY353166 [torulosa] GQ424596 [torulosa ]

45

Neotorularia humilis DQ180252 [humilis]

Nerisyrenia linearifolia AF137587 [linearifolia] 41 A

Nerisyrenia johnstonii EU907362 [johnstonii]

Neslia paniculata AF137576 KF023019 [paniculata]

DQ310541 GQ424597, DQ406767 [paniculata]

DQ310518 [paniculata]

DQ343325 ABCDEFGIN

Neslia 70

Neuontobotrys elloanensis DQ288802 [elloanensis]

GQ424652 [elloanensis]*

30 B

Neuontobotrys linearifolia EU620306 [linearifolia]* EU620367 [linearifolia]*

Neuontobotrys lanata EU718559 [lanata]

Neurotropis

Nevada holmgrenii DQ452061 DQ288829 JX146652 [holmgrenii]*

24 A

Noccaea cochleariforme DQ288804 FN594826 [caerulescens]*- GQ424598 DQ180219 [caerulescens]

66 ABCDEFHIJ

Noccaea fendleri AY154806 [fendleri]

Noccidium hastulatum AF336164/AF336165 [hastulatum]

#DIV/0! G

Notoceras bicorne DQ357573 [bicorne]* GQ424599 36 CFH

Notothlaspi rosulatum AF100690 50 N

Notothlaspi australe JQ933421 [australe]*

Ochthodium aegyptiacum GQ497870 [aegyptiacum]

GQ424781 [aegyptiacum]*

60 F

Octoceras lehmannianum GQ424609 0 GI

Olimarabidopsis pumila AF137549 DQ288807 DQ310543 AF144345 DQ180224 AF110440 24 GI

Onuris papillosa GQ424619 [papillosa]*

74 B

Onuris graminifolia EU620307 [graminifolia]*

Oreoblastus

Oreoloma violaceum DQ357576 [violaceum]* DQ288808 [violaceum]

JN847818 [violaceum] 50 J

46

Oreophyton falcatum GQ424549 7 H

Ornithocarpa torulosa GQ424550 GQ424789 [torulosa]*

27 A

Orychophragmus violaceus EU306541 GQ424778 [violaceus]*

JF926671 [violaceus]-

GQ261977 [violaceus]-

34 K

Otocarpus virgatus AY722477 [virgatus] 3 C

Pachycladon fastigiata AF100680 EF015666 9 N

Pachycladon exilis EF015673 EF015667

Pachycladon novae-zelandiae EF015677 EF015666 EF015661

Pachycladon enysii EF015668 [enysii]-

Pachycladon latisiliqua EF015665 [latisiliqua]-

Pachycladon stellata EF015664 [stellata]-

Pachycladon wallii EF015663 [wallii]-

Pachycladon stellatum HM120287 [stellatum]

Pachycladon cheesemanii JQ806762 [cheesemanii]

Pachymitus cardaminoides JX630165 [cardaminoides]

JX630174 [cardaminoides] 83 N

Pachyneurum grandiflorum DQ467584 DQ518374 9 I

Pachypterygium multicaule GQ424551 JN847842 [multicaule] JF926652 [multicaule]-

0 G

Parlatoria rostrata GQ424552 DQ288809 0 FG

Parodiodoxa chionophila JX971121 [chionophila]* GQ424806 [chionophila]*

JX971122 [chionophila]*

81 B

Parolinia ornata GQ424752 [ornata]*

57 C

Parolinia intermedia DQ357577 [intermedia]

Parrya nudicaulis DQ409253 [nudicaulis]

DQ180253 [nudicaulis]

72 AL

Parrya asperrima DQ357578 [asperrima]

Paysonia stonensis JQ323062 [stonensis]

6 A

Paysonia densipila AF137586 [densipila]

47

Pegaeophyton scapiflorum DQ518398 GQ424731 [scapiflorum]*

DQ180254 41 IJ

Pegaeophyton nepalense JQ933435 [nepalense]*

Peltaria alliacea DQ249855 KF023033 [alliacea]

DQ518375 16 CDEF

Peltariopsis planisiliqua GQ424553 4 G

Pennellia micrantha AF307629 FN594847 [micrantha]*- 50 AB

Pennellia brachycarpa DQ288811 [brachycarpa]

Pennellia longifolia AF307549 [longifolia]

Petiniotia

Petrocallis pyrenaica GQ497871 [pyrenaica] 29 CE

Petroravenia

Phaeonychium villosum FJ026827 [villosum]- 56 IJ

Phaeonychium jafrii DQ409261 [jafrii]

Phaeonychium kashgaricum FN677739 [kashgaricum]*

Phlebolobium maclovianum GQ497873 [maclovianum]

12 B

Phlegmatospermum eremaeum JX630166 [eremaeum] JX630169 [eremaeum] 88 N

Phlegmatospermum cochlearinum JX134220 [cochlearinum]-

Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides DQ399121 DQ288812 DQ406768 [cheiranthoides]

JX146092 [cheiranthoides]

JX146663 [cheiranthoides]*

49 A

Physaria acutifolia AF137582 [acutifolia] 37 ABKLM

Physaria fendleri FN594840 [fendleri]*-

Physaria arctica JN966346 [arctica]*

Physaria floribunda DQ288813 [floribunda]

Physaria purpurea GQ424677 [purpurea]*

Physaria brassicoides EU931382 [brassicoides]

Physoptychis caspica EF514682 KF022994 KF022850 7 G

48

[caspica] [caspica]

Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum JQ911318 [chamaerapistrum]*-

Planodes virginica GQ424554 DQ288814 GQ424681 [virginica]*

27 A

Pleiocardia

Polyctenium fremontii AY230647 DQ288816 DQ406769 [fremontii]

45 A

Polypsecadium harmsianum EU620310 [harmsianum]*

EU718561 [harmsianum]-

EU620370 [grandiflorum]*

45 A

Polypsecadium grandiflorum EU718560 [graniflorum]-

Polypsecadium rusbyi EU718562 [rusbyi]-

Polypsecadium fremontii JX146116 [fremontii]*

Pseudanastatica

Pseuderucaria teretifolia GQ497891 [teretifolia] JN584995 [teregifolia]*

2 CF

Pseudoarabidopsis toxophylla AF137558 0 EL

Pseudocamelina glaucophylla DQ357581 [glaucophylla]*

3 G

Pseudocamelina campylopoda DQ288817 [campylopoda]

Pseudoclausia gracillima FN821530 [gracillima]* FN677652 [gracillima]*

0 GIL

Pseudofortuynia esfandiarii GQ497876 [esfandiarii] 8 G

Pseudosempervivum

Pseudovesicaria digitata GQ497877 [digitata] 15 G

Psychine stylosa DQ249835 JN584996 [stylosa]*

AY751768 3 C

Pterygiosperma tehuelches EU620311 [tehuelches]* EU620374 [tehuelches]*

0 B

Pterygostemon

Ptilotrichum canescens EF514687 [canescens] GU181990 [canescens]

79 I

Pugionium dolabratum JF978171 [dolabratum]* JF943786 [dolabratum]* JF955862 [dolabratum]*

0 KL

49

Pugionium cornutum JF926645 [cornutum]-

Pycnoplinthopsis bhutanica GQ497878 [bhutanica] 0 J

Pycnoplinthus uniflorus GQ497879 [uniflorus] 63 IJ

Quezeliantha

Quidproquo

Raffenaldia primuloides AY722478 JN584997 [primuloides]*

9 C

Raphanus raphanistrum JN584998 [raphanistrum]*

GQ268043 [raphanistrum]-

78 ABCDEFGHIJKLMN

Raphanus sativus JQ911325 [sativus]* GQ184382 [sativus]*-

Rapistrum rugosum DQ249825 HM850300 [rugosum] JN584999 [perenne]*

AY751769 69 ABCDEFGKMN

Rhammatophyllum pseudoparrya DQ357583 [afghanicum] DQ288818 [erysimoides]

FN677742 [kamelinii]*

10 I

Rhizobotrya

Ricotia cretica GQ497880 [cretica] GQ424766 [cretica]*

71 F

Ricotia lunaria GQ424600 [lunaria]

Robeschia schimperii GQ497881 [schimperii] EU907364 [schimperii]

8 FG

Rollinsia paysonii

Romanschulzia sp. DQ288819 [sp.] GQ424653 [sp.]* 54 A

Romanschulzia costaricensis AF531636 [costaricensis]

Romanschulzia arabiformis AY958538 [arabiformis]

Rorippa amphibia AF174530 [amphibia]

JQ582800 [amphibia]*

86 ABCDEFGIJKLMN

Rorippa palustris EF426789 [palustris]-

Rorippa islandica DQ406770 [islandica]

Rorippa palustris AF144355 [palustris]

Rorippa curvipes AF198138 [curvipes]

50

Rorippa sylvestris JQ582801 [sylvestris]*

Rorippa indica AF128108 D88907

Rytidocarpus moricandioides AY722483 [moricandioides]

JN585001 [moricandioides]*

7 C

Sameraria armena GQ424630 [armena]*

3 G

Sameraria nummularia GQ424555 [nummularia ]

Sandbergia whitedii JX146965 [whitedii]* DQ406765 [whitedii]

JX146117 [whitedii]*

JX146694 [whitedii]*

33 A

Sandbergia perplexa DQ406764 [perplexa]

Sarcodraba dusenii GQ424568 GQ424811 [dusenii]*

64 B

Savignya parviflora AF263399 KF023017 [parviflora]

11 CFG

Scambopus curvipes JX630167 [curvipes] JX630177 [curvipes] 55 N

Schimpera arabica GQ424556 GQ424794 [arabica]*

7 FGH

Schivereckia podolica AY134136 2 DF

Schizopetalon rupestre DQ288820 GQ424618 [rupestre]*

EU620376 [rupestre]*

13 B

Schizopetalon angustissimum KC174369 [angustissimum]*-

Schoenocrambe linifolia AF183089 [linifolia] DQ288821 [linifolia]

100 A

Schoenocrambe linearifolia EU931383 [linearifolia]

AY958541 [linifolia]

Schouwia purpurea AY722500 JN585002 [purpurea]*

4 H

Scoliaxon viereckii HQ541180 [viereckii]

Selenia dissecta GQ424557 DQ288822 AM072852 [dissecta]

16 A

Shangrilaia nana GQ424558 DQ288823 100 J

Sibara rosulata AF531648 34 AB

Sibara pectinata EU718570 [pectinata]-

51

Sibara deserti EU718568 [deserti]-

Sibara laxa EU718569 [laxa]-

Sibara angelorum EU620379 [angelorum]*

Sibaropsis hammittii GQ424559 EU718571 [hammitii]-

EU620380 [hammitii]*

24 A

Sinapidendron angustifolium JN585003 [angustifolium]*

4 C

Sinapidendron frutescens DQ249823 AY751771

Sinapis arvensis DQ249828 [arvensis]- 84 ABCDEFGHIKLMN

Sinapis alba HM849823 [alba] AB354277 [alba]- JQ041854 [alba]*

Sinosophiopsis bartholomewii AY230609 [bartholomewii]

#DIV/0! J

Sisymbrella aspera GQ424560 HM850357 [aspera] HM850739 [aspera]

46 CE

Sisymbriopsis mollipila AY353157 DQ288824 82 IJ

Sisymbriopsis yechengnica JN847809 [yechengnica] JF926640 [yechengnica]

Sisymbrium heteromallum GQ424703 [heteromallum]*

85 ABCDEFGHIJKMN

Sisymbrium irio AY167982 [irio] AF144366 [irio] AY167982 [irio]

Sisymbrium altissimum DQ288826 [altissimum]

JN585004 [altissimum]

Sisymbrium altissimum JN585004 [altissimum]*

Sisymbrium frutescnes DQ288827 [frutescens]

Sisymbrium officinale HM850358 [officinale]

Smelowskia jacutica AY230646 DQ288774 61 AIJL

Smelowskia altaica EU931360 [altaica]

FN594836 [altaica]*-

Smelowskia calycina AY230640 DQ288828 EU931386 [calycina]

FN594837 [calycina] DQ180249

Smelowskia flavissima AY230611

Smelowskia bartholomewii AY230609 [bartholomewii]

GQ424695 [bartholomewii]*

JQ933355 [tibetica]*

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Smelowskia tibetica JN847827 [Hedinia taxkargannica=Smelowskia tibetica]

Smelowskia tibetica JF926647 [taxkargannica]-

Smelowskia taxkargannica

Sobolewskia caucasica GQ424561

Sobolewskia annua DQ288831 [annua]

Sobolewskia jacutica GQ424786 [jacutica]*

Sobolewskia tibetica AY230607 [tibetica] JF953887 [tibetica]*

Solms-laubachia jafrii DQ523422 JQ933442 [jafrii]* DQ409261 64 IJ

Solms-laubachia eurycarpa DQ523304 [eurycarpa]*

Solms-laubachia linearis JQ933299 [linearis]*

Solms-laubachia zhongdianensis DQ523415 DQ288830 DQ409250

Solms-laubachia flabellata GQ424562

Sophia

Sphaerocardamum stellatum JQ323091 [stellatum]

AF307531 [stellatum]

41 A

Sphaerocardamum macropetalum AF137589 [macropetalum]

Spirorhynchus sabulosus FM164600/FM164601 [sabulosus]*

2 G

Spryginia winkleri GQ424563 0 GI

Spryginia falcata FN677740 [falcata]*

Stanleya pinnata AF531620 DQ288832 GQ424647 [pinnata]*

AJ235809 [pinnata] AY483226 EU620381 [pinnata]*

31 A

Stanleya tomentosa EU718576 [tomentosa]-

Stenopetalum decipiens GQ424564 GQ424743 [decipiens]*

95 N

Stenopetalum nutans DQ288833 [nutans]

FN594848 [nutans]*-

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Stenopetalum velutinum FN594850 [velutinum]*-

Sterigmostemum violaceum DQ357576 DQ288808 JN847818 [violaceum] FN677640 [violaceum]*

3 G

Sterigmostemum matthioloides JF926655 [matthioloides]

Sterigmostemum acanthocarpum DQ357591 DQ288834 [acanthocarpum]

Stevenia cheiranthoides GU182059 [cheiranthoides]-

0 I

Stevenia canescens KF023032 [canescens]

Stevenia axillaris FN677639 [axillaris]*

Straussiella

Streptanthella longirostris AF531621 EU718579 [longirostris]-

EU620383 [longirostris]*

33 A

Streptanthus cordatus EU620323 [cordatus]* 32 A

Streptanthus barbatus EU718581 [barbatus]-

Streptanthus barbiger EU718583 [barbiger]-

Streptanthus carinatus HE616651 [carinatus]*

Streptanthus squamiformis DQ288835 [squamiformis]

Streptanthus sparsiflorus EU931387 [sparsiflorus]

Streptanthus glandulosus FN594831 [glandulosus]*-

Streptanthus tortuosus EU620387 [tortuosus]*

Streptoloma desertorum FM164618, FM164619 0 G

Strigosella africana DQ357557 DQ518373 45 ABCEFGIJ

Stubendorffia lipskyi GQ424682 [lipskyi]*

17 I

Stubendorffia gracilis DQ780944/DQ780945 [gracilis]

AM991729 [gracilis]

Subularia monticola GQ424565 [monticola] 85 ACEHL

Succowia balearica AF263395 36 CDN

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Synstemon petrovii DQ357599 [petrovii]* #DIV/0! H

Synthlipsis greggii AF137590 JQ323083 [greggii]-

GQ424753 [greggii]*

FN594841 [greggii]*- 42 A

Syrenia cuspidata DQ249864 [cuspidata]- DQ518376 [cuspidata]

0 I

Tauscheria lasiocarpa DQ249843 JF926657 [lasiocarpa]

DQ518377 30 I

Tchihatchewia isatidea GQ497882 [isatidea] 0 F

Teesdalia nudicaulis AF336214/AF336215 [nudicaulis]

GQ424601 [nudicaulis]

82 ABCDEFN

Teesdaliopsis coronopifolia HE616649 [coronopifolia]

Tetracme quadricornis DQ357602 DQ288837 [pamirica]

FN594832 [quadricornis] DQ518378 44 GI

Thelypodiopsis purpusii GQ424758 [purpusii]*

39 A

Thelypodiopsis ambigua AF531625 [ambigua]

Thelypodiopsis vermicularis EU718604 [vermicularis]-

Thelypodiopsis elegans EU620391 [elegans]*

Thelypodium laciniatum DQ288838 42 A

Thelypodium wrightii EU620329 [wrightii]*

Thelypodium sagittatum EU620393 [sagittatum]*

Thlaspi arvense DQ288839 FN594829 [arvense]*- GQ424602 DQ821410 [partial sequence used]

86 ABCDEFGHIJKMN

Thlaspi perfoliatum AY154810 [perfoliatum]

Thysanocarpus curvipes AY254542 EU718613 [curvipes]-

GQ424655 [curvipes]*

EU620394 [curvipes]*

35 A

Torularia

Trachystoma ballii AY722492 AB670034 [ballii]- 8 C

Trachystoma labasii JN585006 [labasii]*

Transberingia A

Trichotolinum 52

55

Tropidocarpum gracile GQ497883 [gracile] AY514394 [gracile]

35 A

Turrita

Turritis glabra AJ232922 DQ288840 HQ589958 [glabra]*- AF144333 DQ518389 AF110439 80 ACDEFGHIMN

Turritis brassica AF110451 [brassica]

Vania campylophylla AF336168/AF336169 0 FG

Vella aspera JN585007 [aspera]*

64 C

Vella pseudocytisus AF263393 GQ248705 [pseudocytisus]*-

Vella spinosa AY751773 [spinosa]

Veselskya

Warea sessilifolia AF531644

Warea cuneifolia EU718615 [cuneifolia]-

EU620398 [cuneifolia]*

9 A

Weberbauera colchaguensis KC174373 [colchaguensis]*-

32 B

Weberbauera herzogii EU718616 [herzogii]-

Weberbauera dillonii GQ424816 [dillonii]*

Weberbauera peruviana EU620402 [peruviana]*

Werdermannia mendocina EU620338 [mendocina]* EU718620 [mendocina]-

EU620404 [mendocina]*

42 B

Winklera silaifolia AJ628321/AJ628322 [silaifolia]-

AM991732 [silaifolia]

62 I

Xerodraba pecinata GQ497884 [pecinata] 56 B

Yinshania

Zilla spinosa AY722501 JN585009 [spinosa]*

DQ984122 [spinosa]

38 CFGH

Zuvanda crenulata DQ357606 CF

Batis maritima EU002199 M88341 AY483219

Capparis flexuosa JQ229789 [tomentosa]- EU002208 M95754 [hastata] EU371760

Carica papaya AY461547 [papaya] AY483248 M95671 AY483221 DQ061124 [papaya]

ABHJKMN

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Cleome viscosa GQ470549 [spinosa]*- DQ288755 [rutidosperma]

AY483268 [viridiflora] EU371806

Floerkea proserpinacoides L12679 EU002178

Moringa oleifera JX092069 [oleifera]- AY122405 L11359 AY483223 JX091844 [ovalifolia]

ABKMN

Reseda lutea DQ987089 [crystallina]* EU002256 AY483273 AY483241 DQ987017 [lutea]*

Tovaria pendula DQ987073 [pendula]* AY122407 M95758 AY483242

Tropaeolum minus JN115053 [majus]*- EU002270 AB043534 AY483224

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APPENDIX B. EXEMPLARY SCRIPT USED IN MRBAYES

begin mrbayes;

[set autoclose=no nowarn=yes; ]

[outgroup ; ]

[codon positions if you wish to use these]

charset 1st_pos = 3 - 1959\3;

charset 2nd_pos = 1 - 1960\3;

charset 3rd_pos = 2 - 1961\3;

partition by_codon = 2:1st_pos 2nd_pos, 3rd_pos;

set partition = by_codon;

lset applyto=(all) nst=mixed rates=gamma;

[prset clockvarpr = ccp; ]

unlink shape=(all) pinvar=(all) statefreq=(all) revmat=(all);

prset applyto=(all) ratepr=variable;

mcmc samplefreq=10000 printfreq=10000 temp=0.2 ngen= 50000000 relburnin=yes

burninfrac=0.25 savebrlens=yes;

mcmc;

sump;

sumt;

end;

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APPENDIX C. PHYLOGENETIC TREES Colour indicates lineage: Lineage I: red; Lineage II: purple; Extended Lineage II: green; and Lineage III:

blue.

1. RAXML BOOTSTRAP MAFFT – EIGHT GENES

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2. RAXML BOOTSTRAP MAFFT – FOUR GENES

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3. RAXML BOOTSTRAP MAFFT_SLOW – EIGHT GENES

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4. RAXML BOOTSTRAP MAFFT_SLOW – FOUR GENES

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5. TNT SECTORIAL & RATCHET MAFFT – EIGHT GENES

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6. TNT SECTORIAL & RATCHET MAFFT – FOUR GENES

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7. TNT SECTORIAL & RATCHET MAFFT_SLOW – EIGHT GENES

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8. TNT SECTORIAL & RATCHET MAFFT_SLOW – FOUR GENES

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9. NEIGHBOUR NETWORK GTR+GAMMA MAFFT – EIGHT GENES

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10. NEIGHBOUR NETWORK GTR+GAMMA MAFFT – FOUR GENES

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11. NEIGHBOUR NETWORK GTR+GAMMA MAFFT_SLOW – EIGHT GENES

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12. NEIGHBOUR NETWORK GTR+GAMMA MAFFT_SLOW – FOUR GENES

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